Gypsy Davey- Gilbert (AR) 1969 Hunter C
[My letter designation, Hunter C. From the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection; Cat. #1000 (MFH #39). Minor editing has been done to the transcriptions - a recording may be heard online.
Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1000
R. Matteson 2015]
Gypsy Davey - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on October 7, 1969
VERSE 1
Go catch me out my dapple gray
An' saddle him so gaily
I'll ride all day an' I'll ride all night
Till I overtake my lady
Till I overtake my wife
VERSE 2
He rode to the east, he rode to the west
He rode in a hurry
He rode till he came to maple swamp
An' there he spied his lady
An' there he spied his wife.
VERSE 3
Come with me my pretty fair maid
Come with me my darling
Honey, come with me my pretty fair Miss
You'll never want for money
Never want for money
VERSE 4
O, would you forsake your house an' land
Would you forsake your baby
Would you forsake your own true love
An' go with the Gypsy Davey
Go with the ramblin' boy.
VERSE 5
Yes, I forsake my house an' land
An' I'll forsake my own true love
An' go with the Gypsy Davey
An' go with the rambling boy.
VERSE 6
Last night I lay on a warm feather bed
'Side you an' my baby
But tonight I'll lay on the cold, cold ground
Between the Gypsy Davey
An' between the ramblin' boy.
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