Gypsy Davy- Longee (NH) c1858 Barry MS
[From Bronson TTCB, III, p. 250, No. 127; taken from Barry MSS., IV, No. 189. Bronson comments: "This end the following variant illustrate the pitfalls that wait for the folk memory."
R. Matteson 2015]
"Gypsy Davy" Sung by Mrs. Anna W. Longee, Thornton, N.H., October 25, 1908. Learned from her aunt 50 years before.
The gypsy he came tripping o'er the plain
Sang so loud and sweetly
Sang so loud by the merry merry woods,
That he charmed the heart of the lady.
Addy addy dum dum diddle iddy dum dum
Addy addy dum dum Davy
Addy addy dum dum diddle iddy dum dum
Addy addy dum dum Davy.