Now, Jack was working on the farm one evening in July When all at once, a gypsy girl came gaily tripping by She smiled as she went running barefoot through his cabbage patch Her hair was long and black, and she had fingernails to match Oh, let us play of hide-and-seek, the gypsy gaily cried Now close your eyes and count to twenty while I go and hide And if you catch me, I will let you steal a kiss from me And if you can not find me, I'll be right behind that tree He caught her, then he kissed her hand, oh, he was very keen It was eleven inches long, the biggest hand he'd seen And as he kissed that hand, a thought into his mind was put If that hand had been one inch longer, he'd have kissed a foot He asked her what her lips were for, as they sat by a hedge She said, they're there to stop my mouth from frayin' 'round the edge I want you for my wife, he begged as eager as could be She said: Now, don't be silly, what would your wife do with me? The day they wed, Jack said: I am the happiest man on earth The preacher said: Well, pay me then, and give me what she's worth Oh, jackie gave him half a crown The preacher looked at Jack And then he saw his bride-to-be and gave him nine pence back Oh, Jack went off a-roaming soon after they were wed But his wife, she got so lonesome, and she went around with fred Oh, jackie got to hear of this and said: It's time I stopped her So he flew home by airplane and by helicopter