Guitar Tutorial - Gypsy Rover - Irish Folk Songs

Learn how to play this classic Irish folk song, Gypsy Rover, by watching this easy video tutorial by Flynner.
Lyrics:
The gypsy rover came over the hill
Down through the valley so shady
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady.
Chorus:
Auh-de-doo-auh-de-doo-dah-day
Auh-de-doo-auh-de-day-dee
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady.
She left her father's castle gate
She left her own true lover
She left her servants and her estate
To follow her gypsy rover
Chorus
Her father mounted his fastest steed
And ranged the valley over
He sought his daughter at great speed
And her whistling gypsy rover
Chorus
At last he came to a masion fine
Down by the River Clady
And there was music and there was wine
For the gypsy and his lady.
Chorus
He is no gypsy my father she said
But Lord of these lands all over
And here I'll stay 'til my dying day
With my whistling gypsy rover
Chorus

[@TheRealKlinky]

Beautiful!...my infant daughter loves this song as do I - to the point where I'm thinking of learning guitar so we can sing together!...much love from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 🇿🇼🇿🇼

[@ethanyork4299]

Thank you MR Flynn I have been playing guitar for four years now and I am always looking for a new song

[@bltefft]

Well done. Thanks to you, I can play this nice song.

[@silvanajewell4311]

Omg...I can actually play this song withou feeling utterly useless...I havnt been playing for long..so I think Im doing pretty well with this one...thanks sooo much...:)

[@xosobanekogodiste]

amazig voice .rythm and nice play on guitar...exellent ,i am impressed...

[@battousai4221988]

loved the song man by the way i play irish folk song my self one of my favs is irish lullaby or you can call it too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral lol but im going to learn this one and play it for my friends that all ways ask me to sing to them when we hang out

[@philciciliani6660]

Thanks for the great videos Bryan. Learning alot through them! Cheers to you

[@woodedape]

Awesome!!!

[@johngallacher]

Love your songs! This has inspired me so much to learn some folk songs! Thank you very much!

[@brianflynn5386]

Thank YOU very much John - will start up again in a few months.

[@oranjjjggg]

thanks!

[@jengelma]

more please...

[@MegaGamingfamily]

Awesome song. Awesome guitarist. Just so you know The Whistling Gypsy, sometimes known simply as The Gypsy Rover, is a well-known ballad composed and copyrighted by Dublin songwriter Leo Maguire in the 1950s.
There are a number of similar traditional songs about a well-off woman's encounter with Gypsies dating back at least as far as the early 19th century known as "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy", "The Raggle Taggle Gypsies", "The Gypsy Laddie", "Nine Yellow Gypsies", "Gypsie Davie" and "Black Jack Davie" (Roud #1,[1] Child 200).

[@brianflynn5386]

I remember hearing Leo Maguire on radio when I was a child......memories !!!

[@SuperFetaCheese]

Chords:
(The gypsy rover...) *G - D* _(x5)_
( 'til the green woods rang) *E - C*
(And he won the heart...) *G - C* _(2x)_
*G - D*
[repeat]
please correct me if I'm wrong

[@gdcompton1920]

I'm glad I came across your videos! I know classical guitar but I wanted to learn some songs with chords & I like Irish folk music. Thanks so much for posting!

[@brianflynn5386]

Wow ! Can I use this as a reference on my CV ? LOL :-))

[@jimguitarfan]

@brianflynn23 Brian,There is a River Clady in Donegal, if that answers any questions !
I spent a holiday near there a few years ago. Beautiful area it is. Good tutorials by the way. I've covered a few Irish instrumentals on my channel which may be of some interest if you get a chance to drop by. Cheers, Jim

[@MrBwool]

Brian love your videos are we going to see some more of you on RUclips, I noticed the link to your website doesn't work. Brian(that's me)

[@xosobanekogodiste]

whats reference on cv? anyways you can,i would be honored :D

[@brianflynn5386]

I was only joking ! CV is when you are looking for a job you send your CV to the company....and you must have references from people who think you are good..........something like that !!

[@brianflynn5386]

Silvana you should never feel in any way useless...as you say you have not been playing long///give yourself some time and just enjoy playing the music. Brian

[@ethanyork4299]

Thank you MR Flynn I have been playing guitar for four years now and I am always looking for a new song to play