Gypsy Laddie

[Verse 1]
An English lord came home one night
Enquiring for his lady
The servants said on every hand
She's gone with the gypsy laddie

[Verse 2]
"Go saddle up my milk-white steed
Go saddle me up my brownie
And I will ride both night and day
Till I overtake my bonnie"

[Verse 3]
Oh, he rode east and he rode west
And at last he found her
She was lying on the green, green grass
And the gypsy's arms around her

[Verse 4]
"Oh, how can you leave your house and land?
How can you leave your money?
How can you leave your rich young lord
To be a gypsy's bonnie?

[Verse 5]
"How can you leave your house and land?
How can you leave your baby?
How can you leave your rich young lord
To be a gypsy's lady?

[Verse 6]
"Oh, come go home with me, my dear
Come home and be my lover
I'll furnish you with a room so neat
With a silken bed and covers"

[Verse 7]
"I won't go home with you, kind sir
Nor will I be your lover
I care not for your rooms so neat
Or your silken bed or your covers

[Verse 8]
"It's I can leave my house and land
And I can leave my baby
I'm a-goin' to roam this world around
And be a gypsy's lady"

[Verse 9]
Oh, soon this lady changed her mind
Her clothes grew old and faded
Her hose and shoes came off her feet
And left them bare and naked

[Verse 10]
Just what befell this lady now
I think it worth relating
Her gypsy found another lass
And left her heart a-breaking