Lyrics to
Romany

This version of Romany was released by The Hollies in 1972.

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Take me home
Sailing on with Romany
To and fro on a icy morning
Feeling calm to have an old friend ’round
Feeling warm to see the wind blow down

Take me home
Where saints and children laughing
Tell the Dutchman ships are passing
Feeling safe to reach the harbor sound

Feeling warm to see the wind blow down

Take me home
Leave the galley sailors talking
Leave the bridge and captain’s walking
Feeling naked on the covered ground
Feeling warm to see the wind blow down

The wind blowed
Down in the moonless light
The sea was dark
The breeze was light
Everyone’s thoughts were their own
Caught by the ocean thief
The bow hit on a coral reef
Romany sank like a stone

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About Lyrics and Romany by The Hollies

The lyrics for Romany are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by The Hollies. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Romany have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Romany - The Hollies and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Romany by The Hollies in multiple ways. 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 Romany" means the words set to the music of Romany, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Romany and the lyrics to Romany are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Romany, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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