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Song Name: The Raggle Taggle Gypsy By: Traditional
Posted By: Muskox Difficulty: Any
Key: C Genre: General
Harp Type: Chromatic
Created: 2015-01-27 16:38:16 Modified: 2015-02-02 10:51:07


Song:

 

There were three auld gypsies came to our hall door.
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They came brave and boldly-o.
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And one sang high and the other sang low
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And the other sang a raggle taggle gypsy-o.
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It was upstairs, downstairs the lady went,

Put on her suit of leather-o,

And it was the cry all around her door;

“She’s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o”

 

It was late that night when the lord came in,

Enquiring for his lady-o,

And the servant girl’s reply to him was;

“She’s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o”

 

“Then saddle for me my milk-white steed

Me big horse is not speedy-o

And I will ride and I’ll seek me bride,

She’s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o”

 

He rode east and he rode west

He rode north and south also,

And when he rode to the wide open field

 

It was there that he spied his lady-o.

“Arra, why did you leave your house and your land,

Why did you leave your money-o?

Why did you leave your only wedded lord

All for the raggle taggle gypsy-o?”

 

“Yerra what do I care for me house and me land?

What do I care for money-o?

What do I care for me only wedded lord?

 

I’m away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o”

“It was there last night you’d a goose feather bed,

Blankets drawn so comely-o.

But tonight you lie in a wide open field

 

In the arms of the raggle taggle gypsy-o”

“Yerra, what do I care for me goose feather bed?

Yerra, what do I care for blankets-o?

What do I care for me only wedded lord?

I’m away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o”

 

“Oh, for you rode east when I rode west,

You rode high and I rode low.

I’d rather have a kiss of the yellow gypsy’s lips

 

Than all the cash and money-o”