Nic Jones
Seven Yellow Gypsies
[Verse 1]
There were seven gypsies all of a row
And they sang neat and bonny-o
Sang so neat and they're so complete
And they stole the heart of a lady
[Verse 2]
And she's kicked off her high heel shoes
Made of the Spanish leather
And she's put on an old pair of brogues
To follow the gypsy laddie
[Verse 3]
Late at night her lord come home
And he's enquiring for his lady
And the servant's down on his knees and said
"She's away with the seven gypsies"
[Verse 4]
He's ridden o'er the high, high hills
Till he come to the morning
And there he's found his own dear wife
And she's in the arms of the seven gypsies
[Verse 5]
"Well, last night I slept in a feather bed
And the sheets and the blankets around me
Tonight I slept in the cold open fields
In the arms of my seven gypsies"
[Verse 6]
Seven gypsies all of a row
And they sang neat and bonny-o
Sang so neat that they all were hanged
For the stealing of a famous lady