Lyrics




There were three auld gypsies came to our hall door.
They came brave and boldly-o.
And 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 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"



Writer(s): Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Christy Moore, Liam O'flynn


Christy Moore - The Box Set: 1964 - 2004
Album The Box Set: 1964 - 2004
date of release
19-03-2004

1   Three Drunken Maidens
2   Yellow Triangle
3   Dunnes Stores
4   They Never Came Home
5   Nuke Power
6   Who Cares?
7   Mullaghmore
8   Hey! Ronnie Reagan
9   St. Patrick's Night in San Fernando
10   Tim Evans
11   Goose Green (Taking Tea with Pinochet)
12   In Zurich
13   The Powdered Milk Brigade
14   Folk Tale
15   The Two Conneeleys
16   Don't Forget Your Shovel
17   Quiet Desperation
18   January Man
19   Poor Old Earth
20   Tippin' It Up
21   Poitín
22   1945
23   Little Musgrave
24   Johnny Jump Up
25   Radcliffe Highway
26   John O'Dreams
27   Cold Blow
28   The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
29   El Salvador
30   Jack Doyle (Aka The Contender)
31   Joxer (Original)
32   Intro
33   Lawless
34   Different Love Song
35   Changes
36   Ballindine
37   Anne Lovett
38   Dalesman's Litany
39   Intro
40   Farewell to Pripchat
41   The Lakes of Pontcharttrain
42   Cricklewood
43   Strange Ways
44   Wise & Holy Woman
45   Veronica
46   Cry Like a Man
47   Viva la Quinte Brigada
48   The Auld Triangle
49   Intro
50   Brown Eyes (For Joe Shheran)
51   Johnny Connors
52   Lay with Me
53   This Is the Day
54   Among the Wicklow Hills
55   Aisling
56   Grey Lake of Loughrea
57   All I Remember
58   Someone to Love
59   Trip to Carnsore
60   Danny Boy (Derrylondon Air)
61   Ships in the Forest
62   100 Miles from Home
63   Intro
64   Smoke & Strong Whiskey
65   The Way Pierce Turner Sings
66   The Hamburg Medley
67   Tyrone Boys
68   Hey Paddy
69   On the Blanket
70   Southern Winds
71   Don't Hand Me Over
72   Shoot out the Streetlights
73   The Bridge at Killaloe (Scariff Martyrs)
74   North & South
75   At the G.P.O. 1980
76   90 Miles to Dublin
77   Wicklow Boy
78   Ballinamore
79   Rialto Derry January 1993
80   Armagh Women
81   On the Bridge
82   Scapegoats
83   "The Fouled the Ball Paddy"
84   No Time for Love
85   On a Single Day
86   Roots
87   The Old Man's Song
88   1913 Lockout
89   Seth Davy
90   The Bould Rake
91   Bridget's Pill
92   The Lark in the Morning
93   Come by the Hill
94   The Enniskillen Dragoon
95   Weela Waile
96   Whiskey in the Jar
97   Intro
98   Tribute to Ewan McColl
99   Finnegan's Wake
100   Down in the Valley
101   Paddy on the Road




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