From “The Gypsy Girl”, 1905
Words by Louis Mortimore
Music by Walter McLean
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- Once a gypsy lover true
Came a gypsy maid to woo
As the sunbeam wooed the morning-glory
When the stars shone from above
He would tell her of his love
And repeat in his way the old story
Chorus:
Swinging, swinging, while the stars shine bright
Singing, singing, in the pale moonlight
Ringing, ringing, chimes of melody
Singing as we’re swinging
Under an old oak tree
- And beneath that old oak tree
Then these lovers you could see
At the trysting place by nature’s bower
As he gently swayed the swing
Tender melodies he’d sing
To this little maid, his gypsy flower
Sung by Vancha March: