I'd Be a Gipsy

DESCRIPTION: "I'd be a gipsy, merry and free, Roaming abroad like a bird or a bee, Naught to control me, sportive and wild, All through the summer days, free as a child." The singer describes all the places to see outdoors
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster)
KEYWORDS: Gypsy home travel freedom
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster, p. 62, "I'd be a Gipsy" (1 text)
Oh-How-Is-That-For-High-Songster, p. 14, "I'd Be a Gipsy" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #8, p. 31, "I'd Be a Gipsey" (1 text)
Roud #17498
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.2652, "I'd Be a Gipsy," Walker (Durham), n.d.
File: GtCS062

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