Intro: Am
Verse:
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When I had known only 18 summers.
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I headed west through the Whitley Wood.
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To make my fortune and find a lover.
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And to lead the best life a young man could.
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Lie, La, la lie, la la lie.
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Oh La la lie, la la lie, la la lie.
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And by the lakeside, just south of Didcot.
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I spied an angel just standing there.
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She was a traveler, but she was pretty
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And clean, she was in the water, washing her hair.
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I lost my heart to a lady gypsy.
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So long ago, I forget her name.
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But I still remember the smell of the flowers
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And the way, my life, would never be the same.
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She laid me down on a bed of heather
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She said, please be careful, this is what I sell
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I said, you're a hooker she said, no, I mean the heather.
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I sell the heather like a lucky spell.
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I said huh, but to be clear then the sex is free
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She said, yes, the sex is free the heather is a pound.
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I said, I don't need no heather and if I did,
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I would just pick some it's free it's growing in the ground.
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I lost my heart to a lady gypsy.
F C G Am
So long ago, I forget her name.
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But I still remember the smell of the flowers
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And the way, my life, would never be the same.
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