I Recall a Gypsy Woman

Silver coins that jingle jangle

Fancy shoes that dance in time

Oh, the secrets of her dark eyes

They did sing a gypsy rhyme.

Yellow clover entangled blossoms

In a meadow silky green

Where 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 the taste of life's sweet wine.

Soft breezes blow from fragrant meadows

Stir the darkness in my mind

Oh, gentle woman you sleep beside me

And little know who haunts my mind.

Gypsy lady I hear your laughter

And it dances in my head

While my tender wife and babies

Slumber softly in their bed.

I recall a gypsy woman

Silver spangles in her eyes

Ivory skin against the moonlight

And the taste of life's sweet wine