Play, Gypsy, play,
I really love the way
That you irritate the hell
Out of the Europeans today,
Play, play, play, gypsy play.
I love to watch them marching by,
They hear your accordion, and they sigh,
As if you were somehow impeding them
On their busy, important, way,
Play, play, play, Gypsy play.
The women voice concern for your kids,
That's when the sentiment hits,
“Why can't they be sewing my socks,
“Like the children in Bombay?”
Play, play, play, Gypsy play.
They love to mine your endless glamour,
But they don't visit you in the slammer,
Liberte, egalite, frat ha ha ha ternite,
Play, play, play, Gypsy play.
Play, Gypsy, play,
I really love the way
That you irritate the hell
Out of the Europeans today,
Play, Gypsy, play,
And the looks they give you betray
More than any monument to the Holocaust
Could ever say.
Play, play, play, Gypsy, play.
credits
from Klezmer Mongrels,
released January 25, 2009
Word and music by: Geoff Berner
Singer / songwriter / accordionist / novelist Geoff Berner's music combines klezmer, punk, political satire and Balkan dance
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