From nowhere through a caravan
Around the campfire light
A lovely woman in motion
With hair as dark as night
Her eyes like a cat in the dark
They hypnotize me with love
She was a gypsy woman, a gypsy woman
She was a gypsy woman, a gypsy woman
She danced around and around
To a guitar melody
Her face was all aglow
How she enchanted me And oh, I’d like to hold her near
And kiss and forever whisper in her ear
I love you gypsy woman, gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman, gypsy woman
Yeah, gypsy woman, love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman
All through the caravan
She was dancing with all the men
Waiting for the rising sun
Everyone was having fun
I hate to see the lady go Knowing that she’ll never know
I love her
Said, I love her
She was my gypsy woman, gypsy woman
I love you gypsy woman, yeah, gypsy woman
Love you gypsy woman, I love you gypsy woman
I love you gypsy, gypsy, gypsy woman
Gypsy woman, woman, I love you gypsy woman
Its amazing that Curtis was just 17 years old when he wrote this fantastic song. I just discovered that there were at least 5 other people who covered this song over the years. My favorite version was done by Carlos Santana
Does anybody have any behind the scenes details on the recording session for this song? Most of their hits were recorded in Chicago at Universal Recording Studios but I think this was one was recorded in New York since it was their first hit written and sung by Curtis Mayfield I think this one was done in New York before they moved to Chicago since the credited Arranger on this track was a guy named Leroy Glover who at the time was a NY based arranger
I had just moved to DC to work and this song was playing in the record stores and it stopped me in my tracks. He never made a bad song. I have a 10 CD collection of every song he sang and produced