This song is about a D.H. Lawrence short novel:
The Virgin and the Gypsy - Wikipedia
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The Virgin and the Gipsy is a short novel (or novella) by English author D.H. Lawrence. It was written in 1926 and published posthumously in 1930. Today it is often entitled The Virgin and the Gypsy...
A gypsy compliment for (kneel down)
The scent of tyranny's daughter (we are found)
At seventeen were bled in wild cream
Passing milk thistle by
Fox on the run
Old ragged robin flies
Virtue undone
A garland of green flowers (field of lime)
Surround a silver smoke tree (yours and mine)
Sweet marigold, not easy to find
Passing milk thistle by
Fox on the run
Old ragged robin flies
Virtue undone
The Virgin and the Gypsy was written by Steve Hackett.
The Virgin and the Gypsy was produced by John Acock & Steve Hackett.