[00:08.70]I was born in the wagon of a travelin' show
[00:11.19]My mama used to dance for the money they'd throw
[00:14.44]Papa would do whatever he could
[00:18.44]
[00:19.68]Preach a little gospel
[00:21.37]
[00:22.24]Sell a couple bottles of doctored brew
[00:25.24]
[00:27.11]Gypsies, tramps and thieves
[00:29.86]We'd hear it from the people of the town
[00:31.85]They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves
[00:35.79]But every night all the men would come around
[00:38.62]
[00:39.61]And lay their money down
[00:41.30]
[00:46.11]Picked up a boy just south of Mobile
[00:48.41]Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal
[00:51.52]I was sixteen, he was twenty-one
[00:55.82]
[00:56.57]Rode with us to Memphis
[00:58.44]
[00:59.32]And papa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done
[01:03.08]
[01:04.39]Gypsies, tramps and thieves
[01:06.89]We'd hear it from the people of the town
[01:08.82]They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves
[01:12.25]
[01:12.88]But every night all the men would come around
[01:15.50]
[01:16.38]And lay their money down
[01:17.62]
[01:20.37]I never had schoolin' but he taught me well
[01:22.81]With his smooth southern style
[01:25.26]
[01:26.07]Three months later, I'm a gal in trouble
[01:28.50]And I haven't seen him for a while
[01:34.99]I haven't seen him for a while
[01:40.48]
[01:41.79]She was born in the wagon of a travelin' show
[01:44.66]Her mama had to dance for the money they'd throw
[01:47.47]Grandpa'd do whatever he could
[01:52.40]Preach a little gospel
[01:54.45]
[01:55.20]Sell a couple bottles of doctored brew
[01:57.84]
[02:00.08]Gypsies, tramps and thieves
[02:02.77]We'd hear it from the people of the town
[02:04.64]They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves
[02:08.81]But every night all the men would come around
[02:11.63]
[02:12.56]And lay their money down
[02:14.06]
[02:16.18]Gypsies, tramps and thieves
[02:18.67]We'd hear it from the people of the town
[02:20.49]They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves
[02:24.43]But every night all the men would come around
[02:27.80]
[02:28.61]And lay their money down