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Three gypsies cam tae oor hall door
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O but they sang bonnie-O
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They sang sae neat and sae complete
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That they stole the hairt o' a lady-O

[Verse 2]
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And she cam trippin' doon the stairs
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Maidens twa afore her-O
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When they spied her weel-faured face
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They cast their spells oot-owre her-O

[Verse 3]
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And she's kicked off her high-heeled schoon
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Made of Spanish leather-O
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Awa' she's gone wi' young Johnny Faa
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Across the rocks and the heather-O

[Verse 4]
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Lord Cashel (?) he came hame at e'en
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Spierin' for his lady-O
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The maid she cried and she replied:
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She's awa' wi' the gypsy laddies-O!

[Verse 5]
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Gae saddle to me the bonny, bonny black
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For the broon was ne'er so speedy-O
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When he cam to the water side
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He spied his weel-faured lady-O

[Verse 6]
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Will you come home, my honey and my heart?
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Will you come home, my lady-O?
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Would ye forsake a' your hooses and your land
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Your lord and your fine wee bairnie-O?

[Verse 7]
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Last night I lay in a fine feather-bed
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Sheets and blankets so cosy-O
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This nicht I'll lie in the cauld clay haugh
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Rowed in the arms o' a gypsy-O