"Rinfy The Gypsy"
(Playing Canasta in Cold Rooms)

(Note: The spelling of "Rinfy" is confirmed by the DJ, who spells it during the Phoenix broadcast. The wrong title "In My Lovers Room" comes from a mishearing of "oooh" for "room".)

1 - I fell in love with Rinfy the gypsy.
2 - He said when I grew up he'd marry me,
3 - Carry me away on his steed.

4 - "Don't worry, my baby!
5 - Don't die, my funny little darling!
6 - I'm going away for a little while,
7 - And shouldn't be gone for very long."

8 - Ooh, then I really fell for Geoffrey, our gardener.
9 - He said he'd marry me, too.
10 - Oh, and I believed him, just like a fool.

11 - "Don't worry, my honey!
12 - Don't die, my funny little doll!
13 - I'm going away for a little while.
14 - Shouldn't be gone for very long."
15 - (Ooh, long, long, long...)

16 - Playing canasta in c-cold rooms,
17 - Playing canasta in cold rooms,
18 - Playing canasta upstairs, downstairs,
19 - And in my lover's...ooh...

20 - I met a boy who took me upstairs,
21 - Then took me in his arms and told me
22 - I comforted him, uh-huh.

23 - "Don't worry, my dear,
24 - Don't cry, you weird little stranger. [ca. 2'29]
25 - I'm going away.
26 - You probably won't ever see me again."

27 - Oh, yes, I know, I'm always falling,
28 - Gazing at hazy goldfish in your swimming eyes.
29 - How could I not lie there with you?

30 - "Don't worry, my darling!
31 - Don't die, my silly little baby!
32 - I'm going away for a little while,
33 - And shouldn't be gone for very long."
34 - (Ooh, long, long, long!)

35 - Playing canasta in c-cold rooms,
36 - Playing canasta in cold rooms,
37 - Playing canasta upstairs, downstairs,
38 - And in my lover's...ooh...

- line 15: This might be: "Oh, long, long, long t(ime)..."
- line 24: "weird little", this sounds like "weirdo" to the untrained ear, but it's weird little" (north Kent accent).




By Dave Santos