Johnny Faa, or The Gypsy Laddie

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JOHNNY FAA, OR THE GYPSY LADDIE The gypsies they came to my Lord Cassilis’ yett And O but they sang bonnie! They sang sae sweet and sae complete That down came our fair ladie. She came tripping down the stairs And all her maids before her; As soon as they saw her weel-far’d face, They coost their glamourie owre her. She gave to them the good wheat bread And they gave her the ginger; But she gave them a far better thing, The gold ring off her finger. "Will ye go with me, my hinny and my heart? Will ye go with me, my dearie? And I will swear, by the staff of my spear, That your lord shall nae mair come near thee." "Gar take from me my silk manteel, And bring to me a plaidie, For I will travel the world owre Along with the gypsie laddie. "I could sail the seas with my Jockie Faa, I could sail the seas with my dearie; I could sail the seas with my Jockie Faa, And with pleasure could drown with my dearie." They wandred high, they wandred low, They wandred late and early, Until they came to an old tenant’s barn And by this time she was weary. "Last night I lay in a weel-made bed, And my noble lord beside me, And now I must ly in an old tenant’s barn And the black crew glowring owre me." "O hold your tongue, my hinny and my heart, O hold your tongue, my dearie, For I will swear, by the moon and the stars, That thy lord shall nae mair come near thee." They wandred high, they wandred low, They wandred late and early, Until they came to that wan water, And by this time she was wearie. "Aften have I rode that wan water, And my lord Cassilis beside me, And now I must set in my white feet and wade, And carry the gypsie laddie." By and by came home this noble lord, And asking for his ladie, The onie did cry, the other did reply, "She is gone with the gypsie laddie." "Go saddle to me the black", he says, "The brown rides never so speedie, And I will neither eat nor drink Till I bring home my ladie." He wandred high, he wandred low, He wandred late and early, Until he came to that wan water, And there he spied his ladie. "O wilt thou go home, my hinny and my heart, O wilt thou go home, my dearie? And I’ll close thee in a close room, Where no man shall come near thee." "I will not go home, my hinny and my heart, I will not go home, my dearie; If I have brewn good beer, I will drink of the same, And my lord shall nae mair come near me. "But I will swear, by the moon and the stars, And the sun that shines so clearly, That I am as free of the gypsie gang As the hour my mother did bear me." They were fifteen valiant men, Black, but very bonny, And they lost all their lives for one, The Earl of Cassilis’ ladie.

GYPSY DAVEY It was late last night When the boss came home Asking about his lady And the only answer he received She's gone with the Gypsy Davey She's gone with the Gypsy Dave Go saddle for me my buckskin horse And my hundred dollar saddle Point out to me their waggon tracks And after them I'll travel Well, after them I'll ride Well, he had not rode to the midnight moon When he saw their campfire gleaming And he heard the notes of the big guitar And the voice of the gypsy singing The song of the Gypsy Dave Take off, take off your pigskin gloves And your boots of Spanish leather And give to me your lily white hands We'll go back home together We'll ride back home again No, I won't take off my pigskin gloves Nor my boots of Spanish leather I'll go my way from day to day And sing with the Gypsy Davey I'll go with the Gypsy Dave Have you forsaken your house and home Have you forsaken your baby Have you forsaken your husband dear To go with the Gypsy Davey And sing with the Gypsy Dave Yes, I've forsaken my house and home To go with the Gypsy Davey And I've forsaken my husband dear But not my blue eyed baby My pretty little blue-eyed babe.