Gypsy Davy
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Contact Publisher - Woody Guthrie Publications/BMG Chrysalis

It was late last night when the boss came home
He was asking about his lady
The only answer that he got,
She's gone with the Gypsy Davey,
Gone with the Gypsy Dave.

Go saddle for me that buckskin horse
And a hundred dollar saddle.
Point out to me their wagon tracks
And after them I'll travel,
After them I'll ride.

Well I had not rode to the midnight's moon,
When I saw the campfire gleaming.
I heard the notes of the big guitar
And the voice of the gypsy singing
That song of the Gypsy Dave.

There in the light of the camping fire,
I saw her fair face beaming.
Her heart in tune with the big guitar
And the voice of the gypsy singing
That song of 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 Davy?
And sing with the Gypsy Davy?
The song of the Gypsy Dave?

Yes I've forsaken my husband dear
To go with the Gypsy Davy,
And I've forsaken my mansion high
But not my blue-eyed baby,
Not my blue-eyed babe.

She smiled to leave her husband dear
And go with the Gypsy Davy;
But the tears come a-trickling down her cheeks
To think of the blue-eyed baby,
Pretty little blue-eyed babe.

Take off, take off your buckskin gloves
Made of Spanish leather;
Give to me your lily-white hand
And we'll ride home together
We'll ride home again.

No, I won't take off my buckskin gloves,
They're made of Spanish leather.
I'll go my way from day to day
And sing with the Gypsy Davy
That song of the Gypsy Dave.
That song of the Gypsy Davy,
That song of the Gypsy Dave.


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Available on:
Album cover art where song appears This Land Is Your Land: Asch Recordings Volume 1
Woody Guthrie
Album cover art where song appears Woody Guthrie and Songs of my Oklahoma Home
James Talley