Noel Coward – Gypsy Melody lyrics

Passing a song to you both sad and true
About a highly born Hungarian.
Though gypsy blood was red her blood was blue,
And very definitely Arian,
She loved a proletarian.

In a valley far away
A gypsy minstrel came to play
A serenade.

Everyone from far and near
Collected in the woods to hear
The tune he played

Wild and free,
That haunting melody
Enchanted maid and man.
Young and old believed the tales he told
And joined his caravan;
A most impulsive foolish man.

Their troubles then began.
The rain soon brought them home again
No longer wild and free.
Snow and hail
Had made that nightingale
Sound very much off key.
A sorry tale you will agree.
What fools these mortals be.

But one poor lady left her heart behind
And from that moment life was sad for her.
Naught could bring comfort to her troubled mind
Which on the whole was very bad for her.
That is why
To any gypsy passing by
She'd always sigh:

"Play me a gypsy melody from far away
An echo wild and gay
From forgotten yesterday.
My lonely heart can still remember
The magic nights beneath the open sky,
So gypsy play for me
That song I love until the day I die."

"My lonely heart can still remember
Those magic nights beneath the open sky,
So gypsy play for me
That song I love until the day I die."