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sally_mariaI'm sorry I missed yesterday, we were busy getting the parents off on holiday. A fortnight in Spain this time, a month after they got back from their three weeks cruising in the Mediterranean. Finally making up for lost time. :-)
Apart from the recorder, which I used to be fairly good at once upon a time, the only other instrument I've ever played is guitar. Two/three years in my early teens at school, and I was never what you'd call an expert. Still I did learn to play this song...
Gypsy Rover
I do have fond memories of a holiday in Scotland where the locals in the pub in Thurso wanted the tourists to pick a song to sing, and I was the only one bold enough to volunteer, because I found this in their sets of words. Blame the wine. :-)
The whistling gypsy came over the hill,
Down to the valley so shady,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
She left her father's castle gates,
She left her own fond lover,
She left her servants and her estate
To follow the gypsy rover
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
"He is no gypsy, my father," she said,
But lord of these lands over,
With him I'll stay till my dying day,
And follow the gypsy rover."
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
The whistling gypsy came over the hill,
Down to the valley so shady,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Apart from the recorder, which I used to be fairly good at once upon a time, the only other instrument I've ever played is guitar. Two/three years in my early teens at school, and I was never what you'd call an expert. Still I did learn to play this song...
Gypsy Rover
I do have fond memories of a holiday in Scotland where the locals in the pub in Thurso wanted the tourists to pick a song to sing, and I was the only one bold enough to volunteer, because I found this in their sets of words. Blame the wine. :-)
The whistling gypsy came over the hill,
Down to the valley so shady,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
She left her father's castle gates,
She left her own fond lover,
She left her servants and her estate
To follow the gypsy rover
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
"He is no gypsy, my father," she said,
But lord of these lands over,
With him I'll stay till my dying day,
And follow the gypsy rover."
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
The whistling gypsy came over the hill,
Down to the valley so shady,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Ah de doo, ah de doo dah day,
Ah de doo, ah de day dee,
He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
