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I Recall A Gypsy Woman

Released by Don Williams in 1973
From the Album: Don Williams, Vol. 1 |

This version of I Recall A Gypsy Woman was released by Don Williams in 1973.

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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 in tangled 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
And stir the darkness in my mind
Oh, gentle woman you sleep beside me
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 beds

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


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About Lyrics and I Recall A Gypsy Woman by Don Williams

The lyrics to I Recall A Gypsy Woman are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Don Williams used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to I Recall A Gypsy Woman have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Don Williams and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I Recall A Gypsy Woman by Don Williams. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I Recall A Gypsy Woman" means the words set to the music of I Recall A Gypsy Woman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Don Williams. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I Recall A Gypsy Woman and the lyrics to I Recall A Gypsy Woman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Don Williams who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Recall A Gypsy Woman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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