Gipsum Davy- Ayres (NC) 1918 Sharp MS/ Bronson 16.
[From Sharp MSS., 4609/3222. Quite a reversal as an ending!!!
R. Matteson 2015]
[Gipsum Davy] The Gypsy Laddie-- Sung by Mrs. Rosie Ayres, Burnsville, N.C., September 14, 1918.
1. The landlord came home so late in the night
Enquiring for his lady,
The servant made him this reply:
She's gone with the Gipsum Davy.
CHORUS: To my rattle tum a gipsum, gipsum,
To my rattle tum a gipsum Davy.
z. Go saddle up the milk-white steed,
I'll ride so fast and speedy,
I'll ride by day and I'll ride by night
Till I overtake my lady.
3. He rode away to the eastern shore.
And there he spied his lady.
Can you for[s]ake your house and home?
Can you forsake Your baby?
Can you forsake Your old landlord
To go with the Gipsum Davy?
4. I can forsake my house and home,
I can forsake my baby,
I can forsake my old landlord
To go with the Gipsum Davy.
5. Pull off them high-heeled pumps
Made from Spanish leather,
And give to me your lily-white hand
And bid farewell for ever.
6. It's on last night and the night before,
I lay on the cold, damp ground;
To-night I lie on a fine feather bed
With the old landlord all in my arms.