Siobhan and I both are mad for vintage valentine cards. We eagerly buy any that catch our fancy. We have a particular fondness for those featuring gypsies. Or circuses. Or horses. Or dogs. But especially gypsies! Since tomorrow is Valentine's Day, we want to share a few a few of our favorites...
The last is not a true valentine; it isn't even a card. It is the simple lyrics of a song, both sweet and sad. The music that accompanies it is a hauntingly beautiful tune...
The Gypsy's Song
A gypsy came to the castle gate
He sang so sweet and wild
And with his song he stole away
The Master's only child.
Oh, she cast away her silken gown
She cast away her pride
And ran with him into the night
Down to the sea so wild.
"Come home, come home, my bonny little child
Come home again to me
Sit once more by your own fireside
With your head upon my knee."
"Oh, I'd rather live an hour here
Than seven long years with thee
And feel the salt spray on my cheek
And know that I am free."
She danced in the wind and she danced in the rain
On the edge of the cliffs and the shore
And she tasted the salt upon her cheek
And never came home no more.
-author unknown
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BEST WISHES
FOR A
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
from
JUST 2 GYPSIES,
GRAINNE AND SIOBHAN
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