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Gypsy Davy
By Woody Guthrie
Verse 1
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It was late last night when the boss come home
He's askin' about his lady
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The only answer he received, "she's gone with the
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Gypsy Davy, gone with the gypsy Dave"
Verse 2
C
"go saddle for me my buckskin' horse
And a hundred dollars saddle
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Point out to me their wagon tracks And after
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them I'll travel, after them I'll ride"
Verse 3
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Well, I had not rode 'til the midnight moon
When I saw the campfire gleaming
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I heard the notes of the big guitar And the voice
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of the gypsy singin' That song of the gypsy Dave
Verse 3
C
There in the light of the camping fire
I saw her fair face beaming
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Her heart in tune with the big guitar And the voice
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of the gypsy singing That song of the gypsy Dave
Verse 4
C
Have you forsaken your house and home
Have you forsaken your baby
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Have you forsaken your husband dear To go
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to the gypsy Davey And sing with the gypsy Dave That
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song of the gypsy Dave
Verse 5
C
Yes, I've forsaken my husband dear
To go with the gypsy Davy
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And I've forsaken my mansion high But not
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my blue-eyed baby Not my blue-eyed babe
Verse 6
C
She smiled to leave her husband dear
And go with the Gypsy Davy
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But the tears come a-tricklin' down her cheeks To think
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of the blue-eyed baby Pretty little blue-eyed babe
Verse 7
C
Take off take off your buskin'gloves
Made of spanish leather
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Give to me your lily-white hand We'll ride
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back home together And we'll ride home again
Verse 8
C
No, I won't take off my buskin' gloves
They're made of Spanish leather
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I'll go my way from day to day And sing
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with the gypsy Davy That song of the gypsy Dave
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That song of the gypsy Davey That song of the gypsy Dave
