Folkaholics - raggle taggle gypsy lyrics

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<b>raggle taggle gypsy</b> by <i>Folkaholics</i><br />There were three old gypsies came to our hall door

They came brave and boldly-o

One sang high and the other sang low

and the other sang a raggle taggle gypsy-o

It was upstairs downstairs the lady went

put on her suit of leather-o

and there was a cry from around the 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

The servant girl she says to the Lord

"She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"Then saddle for me my mild white steed

- my big horse is not speedy-o

And I will ride and seek my bride

She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

Now he rode East and he rode West

He rode North and South also

until he came to a wide open plain

It was there that he spied his lady-o

"How could you leave your goose feather bed

with blankets strewn so comely-o?

How could you leave your only wedded Lord

all for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?"

"Well, what care I for my goose feather bed

with blankets strewn so comely-o?

Tonight I lie in a wide open field

in the arms of a raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"How could you leave your house and your land?

How could you leave your money-o?

How could you leave your only wedded Lord

all for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?"

"Well, what care I for my house and my land?

What care I for my money-o?

I'd rather have a kiss from the yellow gypsy's lips

I'm away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o!"

(c) Folkaholics (traditional)