The Gipsy Dancer

With the winter time upon ya
No better time to find ya
A place to call your home
And a bride of all your own yes
Go to the edge of the town
Find the girl that was sent down
For you

To a death defying banquet
And liquor by the tankard
To pour across the stones
And wash over the old bones
We'll awaken the deceased
There's no need to call the priest
And if the devil's at the gate
Give him drink and let him wait
We will drink to friends and foes
While our cup it overflows

Bye bye lover never cry
You know I'd never lie
The gypsy dancer caught my eye
The broken hearted never die
I'm begging you, lover
Never cry
Bye bye

There's warnings for the young man
And blessings for the bride
Curses for the townsfolk
Who locked themselves inside
And the tinkers and the thieves
Oh, the bodies fall like leaves
They're screaming at the sky
And the music never dies
Til the days melt into one
And we crash into the sun

Bye bye lover never cry
You know I'd never lie
The gypsy dancer caught my eye
The broken hearted never die
I'm begging you, lover
Never cry
Bye bye

Bye bye lover never cry
You know I'd never lie
The gypsy dancer caught my eye
The broken hearted never die
I'm begging you, lover
Never cry
Bye bye

Bye bye lover never cry
You know I'd never lie
The gypsy dancer caught my eye
The broken hearted never die
I'm begging you, lover
Never cry
Bye bye