The Gypsy Girl"Come, try your skill, kind gentlemen,A penny for three tries!"Some threw and lost, some threw and wonA ten-a-penny prize.She was a tawny gypsy girl,A girl of twenty years,I liked her for the lumps of goldThat jingled from her ears;I liked the flaring yellow scarfBound loose around her throat,I liked her showy purple gownAnd flashy velvet coat.A man came up, too loose of tongue,And said no good to her;She did not blush as Saxons do,Or turn upon the cur;She fawned and whined "Sweet gentleman,A penny for three tries!"- But oh, the den of wild things inThe darkness of her eyes! -- Ralph Hodgson"A Hawk And A Hacksaw Website":http://www.ahawkandahacksaw.co.uk/"The Leaf Label Website":http://www.theleaflabel.com/index.htmlNotes from "London Milk Blog":http://londonmilk.blogspot.com/2007/06/hawk-and-hacksaw-hun-hangr-ensemble.html"Feeding on a vast set of influences, ranging from Eastern European traditional music to avant-garde and beyond, the first self-titled A Hawk And A Hacksaw album, recorded in the quiet town of Saumur, on the border of the Loire, in France, totally disregarded traditional musical boundaries to create an exhilarating soundtrack out of field recordings over which pianos, accordions and various other instruments flourished into beautiful melodies....."Beautiful melodies indeed ... close your eyes and be transported.
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