The Gypsy's Selling Song

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Title:     The Gypsy's Selling Song
Author: Jean Ingelow [More Titles by Ingelow]

My good man--he's an old, old man--
And my good man got a fall,
To buy me a bargain so fast he ran
When he heard the gypsies call:
"Buy, buy brushes,
Baskets wrought o' rushes.
Buy them, buy them, take them, try them,
Buy, dames all."

My old man, he has money and land,
And a young, young wife am I.
Let him put the penny in my white hand
When he hears the gypsies cry:
"Buy, buy laces,
Veils to screen your faces.
Buy them, buy them, take and try them.
Buy, maids, buy."

[The end]
Jean Ingelow's poem: Gypsy's Selling Song

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