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[Verse 1]
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I was only seventeen, I fell in love with a gypsy queen
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She told me:   "Hold on"

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Her father was the leading man, he said: "You're not welcome  On our land
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          And then as a foe,             he told me to go    Ahhh...

[Verse 2]
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He took me to a little shack, and put a whip across my back
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Then told her:    "Leave me"
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I was out for quite a time,   came back with her on my mind
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          Sweet little girl                 She means all the world      Ahhhh...

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[Solo]
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Oh, I want my gypsy queen       Will she still be torn between
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Her father and lover

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One day I will go to him         Strong enough to fight and win
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       The kind of a man          That he'll understand

[Outro]
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ahhh...
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ahhh...