I Recall a Gypsy Woman

Silver coins
That jingle jangle
Fancy shoes
That dance in time
Oh, the secrets
Of her dark eyes
And they sang
A gypsy rhyme

Yellow clover
In tangled blossoms
In a meadow silky green
And she held me
To her bosom
Just a boy
Of seventeen

I recall a gypsy woman
Silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin
Against the moonlight
And a taste
Of life’s sweet wine

Soft breezes blow
Through fragrant meadows
Stir the darkness
In my mind
Oh, gentle woman
You sleep beside me
Little known
Who haunts my mind

Gypsy lady
I hear your laughter
And it dances
In my head
While my tender
Wife and baby
Slumber softly
In their beds

I recall a gypsy woman
Silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin
Against the moonlight
And a taste
Of life’s sweet wine