When I was only seventeen

I fell in love with a gypsy queen

She told me to hold on

Her father was the leadin' man

He said you're not welcome on our land

Then, as a foe, he told me to go

Aaah

He took me to a little shack

And put a whip across my back

And told her leave me

I was out for quite a time

Came back with her on my mind

That sweet little girl

she means all the world

Aaah

Ya know I want my gypsy queen

Will she still be torn between

Her father and lover

One day I will go to him

Strong enough to fight and win

The kind of man

That he'll understand

Aaah