10A. Gypsy Davy- Sanderson (OH) 1925 (Child 200)
[From: Traditional Ballads & Folk Songs Mainly from West Virginia- John Harrington Cox- 1939 Edited by George Herzog and Herbert Halpert 1939 and George Boswell, 1964.
This version has also been published by Scarborough, version G in 1937.
R. Matteson 2014]
10A - GYPSY DAVY
(The Gypsy Laddie, Child, No. 200)
Contributed by Mrs. Margaret Widdener Schauffler, New York City, November 10, 1925. Obtained from Miss Lucia Sanderson, Cleveland, Ohio, who had it from an Englishwoman. Music noted by Miss Frances Sanders, Morgantown, Monongalia County.
Gypsy Davy came over the hill,
Down through the valley shady,
He whistled and sang till the wild woods rang,
And ho won the heart of a lady.
Refrain:
Ah dee doo, ah dee doo, doo day,
Ah dee doo, doo doo, day dee----
He whistled and sang till the wild woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
My lord returning home that night,
Asking for the lady;
The servants made him this reply,
"She's gone with the gypsy Davy."
"0 saddle to me my jet black steed,
The brown is not so speedy,
0 saddle to me my jet black steed,
Till I seek and find my lady."
He sought her up, he sought her down,
Through woods and valleys shady,
He sought her down by the muddy water side,
And there he found his lady.
"What made you leave your home and lands,
What made you leave your baby?
What made you leave your own wedded lord
To go with Gypsy Davy?"
"I never loved you in my life,
I never loved my baby,
I never loved my own wedded lord,
As I love the Gypsy Davy."