Collaborations of Oorlab & Todd (aka Toddlers, Snow Mens Music) 2011
Lyrics by TODD @soundcloud.com/toddlers
Recorded on edirol with overdubs in Cubase. "Mastered" with Audacity.
Picture of Painting Gypsy girl with Mandoline (Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1870) by
cliff1066™ on Flickr - Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/3299053294/
Gypsy-girl(guitar-vocals-violin-mandoline-harmonica)mix-22aug2011)
lyrics
GYPSY GIRL.
IN THE LIGHTS OF THEIR CAMP FIRES,
FROM THE SHADOWS DANCED A DREAM.
OLIVE SKINNED AND RAVEN HAIRED,
HER EYES SPARKLED IN THE NIGHT.
HER EYES LIKE STARS, THEY SHINED SO BRIGHT.
HER BUSSOM HEAVED, HER HIPS DID SWAY,
HER BEAUTY IT WAS EQUALLED BY NONE,
SHE WOULD LEAVE TRAVELLING MEN BEGUILED.
SOME WOULD ARGUE, AND SOME WOULD SMILE,
MEN WOULD OFTEN FIGHT.
SO RARE WAS HER BEAUTY,
MEN PAID WELL TO WATCH HER DANCE.
EVERY NIGHT HER FATHER, PLAYED THOSE TUNES.
AND THE YOUNG GIRL AGAIN WAS FORCED TO DANCE.
DANCE AFTER DANCE, SHE WOULD TWIST AND TWIRL
SHACK HER BUSSOM AND GENTLY SWAY HER HIPS.
FOR THE GOLD COINS THE MEN GAVE HER.
TO EACH OF THEM SHE GAVE,A TINY LITTLE KISS.
WHEN AT LAST THE DANCE WAS OVER,
AND THE TIME IT CAME TO REST.
HER FATHER TOOK FROM HER ALLTHOSE GOLD COINS.
AND LOCKED THEM SECURELY IN HIS CHEST.
BUT ONE NIGHT ALL THIS IT DID CHANGE.
HER WEALTHY MAN, HE CAME AND FREED
HER FROM HER PLIGHT.
HE BOUGHT THE GIRL FROM HER FATHER.
AND HER LIFE, FROM THAT NIGHT FOREVER CHANGED
NOW SHE LAYS IN HER BOUDOIR,
AND ONLY DANCES NOW FOR FUN
pause
SO IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS NOW
YOU,LL FIND THAT GYPSY GIRLS NOW GONE.
soundcloud.com/narziss
this is outstanding all-round!! Love the vocals, mandolin, fiddle er - everything!! The mix is fantastically well done too! A huge Bravo! for everybody involved. My best wishes, Les.
soundcloud.com/inthatsuit
It's amazing how some notes do nothing for you and others have you clapping and doing those Russian dances, I'm clapping and, well, I'm thinking about doing the other, great stuff~~
soundcloud.com/archimedes
Excellent - this might have been what an original 78 sounded like - I love the fact that there's no verb on this. nice and close - tight
soundcloud.com/houckjt
Fantastic work, gentlemen! An awesome song with many great layers!
soundcloud.com/david-bingley-swing-folk
I saved this to my favorites after the first 20 seconds. NIce! It's like Brit-folk with a cool slavic mood. I'm gonna get out the wine. Maybe some Vodka too.
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