Guitar - Dobba
Vocals - Dobba, Norbert, Booga

The ballad of the Gypsy Queen is a love song. It tells the tale of a young cowboy who falls in love with a wild gypsy. He has a rival though in the form of the evil gambler Dark Pete. After competing for her charms neither ends up with her as sick of their fighting she shoots both of them dead.

The song is loosely based on the early romance between Lyndsey Gregory and Iain Davies. The spectre of Lyndseys ex Matt Orrs creating a gulf between them that not even true love could bridge.

The hauntingly beautiful tune performed so excellently by Dobba has survived the test of time and can still be heard today on TV Tampon commercials.

The Gypsy Queen with her pose for the 1997 Pikeys Calender.  

 

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There was a young Cowboy
Iain was his name (was his name)
Fell for the Gypsy Queen
Wild and hard to tame (hard to tame)
Saw her across the table
In a Black Jack game (jack game)
She was with a gambler
N' Dark Pete was his name (Helloo dare)
Out across the clear night (across the clear night)
Strode the cowboy crying (crying)
His love was with another
His heart was slowly dying (dying)

Just around the corner (the corner)
Stood the gambler Pete (Helloo dare)
Gun at the ready
Iain for to meet
I told you to stay away
Snarled the evil Pete (Helloo dare)
Iain stood in silence (stood in silence)
Staring at his feet (at his feet)
Two shots rang out (bang bang)
Bodies hit the floor (arrggh)
A crying in the dark night (boo hoo)
And then there was no more (no more)

Out into the dark night
Ran the Gypsy Queen
Two guns in her hands
Man she was mean (mean)