Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Lady Diva

I was born in the wagon

Of a traveling show

My Momma used to dance

For the money they'd throw

Poppa would do whatever he could

Preach a little gospel

Sell a couple bottles of doctor good

Gypsies, tramps and thieves

We'd hear it from

The people of the town

They'd call us gypsies,

Tramps and thieves

But every night all

The men would come around

And lay their money down

Picked up a boy just south of Mobile

Gave him a ride,

Filled him with a hot meal

I was sixteen he was twenty-one

Rode with us to Memphis

And Poppa woulda shot him

If he knew what he'd done

Gypsies, tramps and thieves

We'd hear it from the people of the town

They'd call us gypsies,

Tramps and thieves

But every night

All the men would come around

And lay their money down

I never had schooling

But he taught me well

With his smooth southern style

Three months later I'm a gal in trouble

And I haven't seen him for a while, oh

I haven't seen him for a while, oh

She was born in the wagon

Of a traveling show

Her Momma had to dance

For the money they'd throw

Grandpa'd do whatever he could

Preach a little gospel

Sell a couple bottles of doctor good

Gypsies, tramps and thieves

We'd hear it from the people of the town

They'd call us gypsies,

Tramps and thieves

But every night

All the men would come around

And lay their money down

Gypsies, tramps and thieves

We'd hear it from the people of the town

They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves

But every night

All the men would come around

And lay their money down

Gypsies, tramps and thieves

We'd hear it from the people of the town

They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves