Solved: song about a gypsy man

For over a year, I have been searching madly for info about a song.
The singer is a woman and she is singing about her gypsy husband. In the
song he settles down and they get married & then he dies "in the spring". From
what I remember, basically he dies because he gave up his gypsy ways.
That's what I know; now what I THINK is that the song is from the early 70's.
It has a Maddy Prior/Fairport Convention feel.
Can anyone help? Please!?!

I found a very good match for your lyrics and song theme. However, it released in 1996.

"Gypsy Rose" by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer

my love is like a gypsy rose
wild is the only way he grows
out where the sweet july wind blows
he blooms over yonder

his voice is like a mountain stream
washes me clear, washes me clean
i walk along the banks serene
where he will wander

there is no hill high as the moon, no river deeper than the sea
no shooting star, reckless in flight burns in the night
wild as the love he gave to me
only the rain knows where he goes
thunder and me, ramblin with my gypsy rose

and on the day we were wed
up to the altar he was led
lay like a prisoner in my bed
oh, how we shivered

so i built a house to keep him in
guarded him from the sun and wind
but in the autumn he grew thin
in winter, he withered

there is no hill high as the moon, no river deeper than the sea
no shooting star, reckless in flight burns in the night
wild as the love he gave to me
only the rain knows where he goes
thunder and me, ramblin with my gypsy rose

my love was buried in the spring
i see his face in blossoming things
one night i thought i heard him sing
down in the hollow

now it's been thirty years and three
every night he calls to me
and for as long as i shall be
i know i`ll follow

there is no hill high as the moon, no river deeper than the sea
no shooting star, reckless in flight burns in the night
wild as the love he gave to me
only the rain knows where he goes
thunder and me, ramblin with my gypsy rose

My wild guess: CHER, Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHmmedV0XV4


Tahira

Atmaster: Thanks! That's the song. Now I can stop obsessing about it.

Glad I could help!