老歌亂談(139)I Recall a Gypsy Woman
這首《I Recall a Gypsy Woman》是Don Williams於1973所推出的歌曲,並獲得英國排行榜的第十三名。
出生於1939的Don Williams,在三歲的時候即參加了當地的才藝比賽,並贏得了他的第一個獎品 ─ 「鬧鐘」。後於青少年時開始學習吉他,及自組熱門民謠合唱團,曾錄製了一首《Time》,成為家鄉德州當地的流行歌曲。1971開始單飛,演唱一些流行民謠,並且累積了有十七首的西部鄉村冠軍歌曲,2010獲引薦進入鄉村歌曲名人堂。
Don Williams粗獷卻又滑順的中低嗓音,以及柔和的聲調,使他在鄉村音樂界博得了「Gentle Giant」的綽號。
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
[Chorus:]
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
[Chorus:]
I recall a gypsy woman
Silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin against the moonlight
And the taste of life's sweet wine...