Gilderoy Lyrics

Now Gilderoy was a bonny boy,
and he would lots of ribbons wear,
He's taken off his scarlet coat,
And got a garter below his knee.
He was beloved by the old and the young,
Oh he's such a rakish boy,
He is my sovereign heart's delight,
My handsome bold young Gilderoy,

Now Gilderoy and I was born,
All in one town together,
And at the age of seventeen,
We courted one each other.

Our mums' and our dads' they both did agree,
Oh and crowned with mireth and joy,
To think that I would married be,
To handsome bold young Gilderoy.
Now Gilderoy and I walked out,
All in one field together,
He's took me by the waist so small,
And down we went down together.

Oh when he had done all a boy could do,
Oh he's rose and kissed his joy,
He is my sovereign heart's delight,
My handsome bold young Gilderoy,
What a pity that a boy should hang,
For stealing of another fair,
For he stole neither house nor land,
And he stole neither horse nor mare.

But he was beloved by the old and the young,
Oh he's such a rakish boy,
He is my sovereign heart's delight,
My handsome bold young Gilderoy.

He is my sovereign heart's delight,
My handsome bold young Gilderoy.