An Cat Dubh - The Raggle Taggle Gypsies Lyrics

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There were three old gypsies at the castle gate
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They sang so brave and bonnie-oh,
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And the lady sat in her chamber late
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Her heart it melted away like snow.

It was upstairs downstairs the lady went,
Put on her suit of leather-oh,
And it was the cry all around her door,
She4s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.

It was late that night when the lord came in,
Enquiring for his lady-oh,
And the only answer he received:
She4s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.

Then he rode east and he rode west,
And he rode high and rode low,
But when he rode to a wide open field,
It was there that he spied his lady-oh.

Why do you leave your house and land,
Why do you leave your money-oh,
And why do leave your own wedded lord
To go with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.

What do I care for my house and land,
What do I care for my money-oh,
And what do I care for my own wedded lord,
I4m away with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.

Oh for you rode east when I rode west,
And you rode high when I rode low,
And I4d rather a kiss from the gypsies lips
Than all of your gold and money-oh.

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