GIPSY SONG.
Castanets clicking ‘in Romany, In Romany, in Tzigani, Bright fires are leaping in Romany To the twang of a Spanish guitar.
Tambourines tinkling in Romany In Romany, in Tzigani; Gypsies are dancing in Romany Lnder a twinkling star.
Then, for the hi ? h r °ad, Ihe white winding by-road That leads to the camp-site afar • The creak of the caravan.
- Lurch of the gipsy van— Lif e that no master may mar, At dawn we take trail again. , Tighten the traces’ chain, Fling the last crust in the jar; Blithe as the birds above, Singing our gypsy love, — Follow our wandering star. Castanets clicking in Romany, In Romany, in Tzigani ; Bright skirts are flying in Romany To the lilt of a Spanish guitar. Tambourines tinkling in Romany, In Romany, in Tzigani ; Gypsies are whirling in Romany; Dark eyes a-sbine like the star. Then, hey for the high road, The white winding by-road That leads to the tent-pitch afar • The freshness of fallen dew, Lure of the calling blue— Life that no custom can mar. At dawn we take trail again. Loosen our greyhound’s chain, Buckle ea'ch strap to the bar’; Blithe as the birds above, Mated by gypsy love, Follow our wandering star. —Arthur Melville, in Interludes.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3853, 17 January 1928, Page 73
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209GIPSY SONG. Otago Witness, Issue 3853, 17 January 1928, Page 73
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