Gipsies' Glee, The

DESCRIPTION: "A merry, merry life we gipsies lead" in the forest. We pitch our tents by day, listen to song birds, sit under a tree and drink ale. We pitch our tents by night and drink a tankard.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1923 (Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames)
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad Gypsy
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Williams-FolkSongsOfTheUpperThames, p. 68, "The Gipsies' Glee" (1 text) (also Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Ox 299)
Roud #1244
File: WT068

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