Paddy Goes To Holyhead

The Gipsies' Wedding Day

Paddy Goes To Holyhead


Dance, danca, dance, around the hillside 
Dance, danca, dance, so let the music play 
Dance, danca, dance, around till midnight 
On the GipsiesÂ' wedding day 

once there was a wedding 
On the 3r of December 
Relatives from far and near 
They came along that way 
An old gipsy talked to them 
And said: Will you remember 
All you ever wanted 
Is a GipsiesÂ' wedding day 

The bridegroom he was drunken 
But it was not his first job 
The bride was young and pretty 
She was dressed in red and grey 
She said: I bought my wedding - dress 
Inside a second - hand - shop 
All we ever wanted 
Is a GipsiesÂ' wedding day 

The band was just fantastic 
And the fiddle played an old air 
Someone brought the drinks 
On stage the singer cried: hooray 
TheyÂ've won some music - festivals 
In everywhere and somewhere 
All they ever wanted 
Is a GipsiesÂ' wedding day 

And evÂ'ry year I think of you 
My little gipsy rover 
I drink on every gipsy 
And I let the past go by 
I listen to the music 
And before my time is over 
All I ever wanted 
Is a GipsiesÂ' wedding day