Key: D major
Verse 1
D
G
A
D
The gypsies came
A
D
They sung so sweet and so complete
A
D
that doon came the fair lady.
A
D
When she came trappin'
doon the stair,
Em
A
And all her maids afore her,
D
A
As soon as they saw her weal -fat face,
D
A
They coosed the glamour o 'er her.
D
A
Get tack fae me this gay mantle,
A
D
A
For if Keth and Ken and I had swan
A
D
Yest 'reen I lay in a wheel -made bed
And my good lord beside me
A
D
This night I'll lie in a ten
D
A
Whatever shall betide me
D
A
Oh, come to your bed, says Johnny Fall,
A
D
For I vow and swear by the
D
G
A
D
I'll go to bed, my Johnny Fall,
And I'll go to bed, my dearie,
A
D
For I vow and swear by what
D
A
I'll make a hap to my Johnny Fah,
A
D
Em
A
And he's get a' the Coatgers' rune,
mere come near me.
A
D
G
D
And when our Lord came to Martin
D
A
She's a whore with a gypsy lardy.
D
A
Geh saddle to me, the black, black steed,
A
D
A
Before that I either eat or sleep,
A
D
A
D
And we were fifteen wheel -maid men,
although we weren't a bonny
A
D
A
And we are up a -doon for e
D
A
'en the earl o' castle's lady you
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ChordsD G A Em
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