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Rudyard Kipling - Gipsy VansRudyard Kipling - Gipsy Vans
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Unless you come of the Gypsy stock  That steals by night and day, Lock your heart with a double lock  And throw the key away. Bury it under the blackest stone  Beneath your father`s hearth, And keep your eyes on your lawful own  And your feet to the proper path.    Then you can stand at your door and mock       When the Gypsy vans come through…     For it isn`t right that the Giorgio stock       Should live as the Romany do. Unless you come of the Gypsy blood  That takes and never spares, Bide content with your given good  And follow your own affairs. Plough and harrow and roll your land,  And sow what ought to be sowed; But never let loose your heart from your hand,  Nor flitter it down the road!    Then you can thrive on your boughten food      As the Gypsy vans come through…    For it isn`t nature the Giorgio blood      Should love as the Romany do. Unless you carry the Gypsy eyes  That see but seldom weep, Keep your head from the naked skies  Or the stars`ll trouble your sleep. Watch your moon through your window-pane  And take what weather she brews; But don`t run out in the midnight rain  Nor home in the morning dews.    Then you can buddle and shut your eyes      As the Gypsy vans come through…    For it isn`t fitting the Giorgio ryes      Should walk as the Romany do. Unless you come of the Gypsy race  That counts all time the same, Be you careful of Time and Place  And Judgment and Good Name: Lose your life for to live your life  The way that you ought to do; And when you are finished, your God and your wife  And the Gipsies`ll laugh at you!        Then you can rot in your burying place            As the Gypsy vans come through…         For it isn`t reason the Giorgio race           Should die as the Romany do.
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