In Bruges movie - On Raglan Road lyrics

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Song by The Dubliners<br /><br>

On Raglan Road on an autumn day<br>

I saw her first and knew<br>

That her dark hair would weave a snare<br>

That I might one day rue<br>

I saw the danger and I passed<br>

Along the enchanted way<br>

And I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leaf<br>

At the dawning of the day'<br>

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On Grafton Street in November<br>

We tripped lightly along the ledge<br>

Of a deep ravine where can be seen<br>

Song text taken from stlyrics.com<br>

The worth of passion's pledge<br>

The Queen of Hearts still making tarts<br>

And I not making hay<br>

Oh I loved too much and by such<br>

By such is happiness thrown away<br>

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I gave her gifts of the mind<br>

I gave her the secret signs<br>

That's known to the artists who have known<br>

The true gods of sound and stone<br>

And word and tint did not stint<br>

I gave her poems to say<br>

With her own name there and her own dark hair<br>

Like clouds over fields of May<br>

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On a quiet street where old ghosts meet<br>

I see her walking now<br>

Away from me so hurriedly<br>

My reason must allow<br>

That had I loved not as I should<br>

A creature made of clay<br>

When the angel woos the clay<br>

He'd lose his wings at the dawn of day <br>

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