cd: Sultana
track 3: Black Eyed Gypsy
Cool dark eyes and jet black hair
A crooked smile and a haunting stare
My surprise to find her there
On a cold December night
I was struggling truth to tell
But I had a fire and a roof and a well
I took her in and she cast her spell
And I put up no fight
She said her family
Just moved on without her
And the streets of Cork
Were all she’d come to know
And I took her in
Knowing just one thing about her
That the Black Eyed Gypsy
Had no place to go
Roadside stories sad and true
Beware the travelers passing through
A little farming here to do
But then be on your way
Life is short you marry young
She was past her prime at twenty-one
I felt mine had just begun
When she agreed to stay
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A settled life to her I bring
There’s been talk of wedding rings
She shared with me the finer things
That the Pavee life defined
Dancing nights impassioned days
And I succumbed to the Gypsy ways
And I soon learned that the one that stays
Has a soul that’s left behind
CHORUS
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Words & Music by Kyle Aughe