Gypsy Rover

One of the first songs I ever learned at faire was 'Gypsy Rover'. I heard another musician at Excalibur Fantasy Faire sing the song and vaguely remembered the chorus. 'Ah di do ah di do dai day'. That night, I went home and looked up the lyrics on the net. I printed them out and started memorizing. It wasn't until a year later though that I realized I pronounced the 'Ah do DOH' different than others. But that's folk music for you. The song is a popular Childe Ballad and when I started thinking of songs to parody for my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. I thought this one would be great one to base on Johnny Cash's song, 'A Boy Named Sue'. So I wrote 'A Cat Named Rover'. Released under a Creative Commons Noncommercial ShareAlike License. If you enjoy this recording, pick up our CD 'Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion' at www.catdrinkingsongs.com or by calling 1-800-BUY-MY-CD.