Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse

The Kingston Trio · Other Songs - The Kingston Trio

Kris Kristofferson



Seven starving sailors sold their summer homes in Saginaw

to search for something better in Rangoon (in Rangoon)

Down where Salty Sam from Turkistan had organized a

marching band of Mau Maus in the Crazy Horse Saloon.

They harmonized together singing verses of the netherworld

of darkness in an unfamiliar tune

And before the night was over they was a-floatin' down

the river with their belly buttons winkin' at the moon.



Chorus:

Oh, isn't it the same the whole world over?

People seem to go from bad to worse.

Whether you're a fighter or a lover, Gypsy Rose and I don't give a curse.



Seven sorry sisters from the Sun Canal sorority went

strolling on a summer afternoon

Down where little Ricky Vanderpool would work his way

through Sunday school playing his electricfied kazoo

They'd hide their best to back it,

not intending to distract it, singing seven kinds of sorry out of tune,

And before the night was over they was a-floatin' down

the river with their belly buttons winkin' at the moon.



(Chorus, twice)