Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Fiddler's Green

There were three old 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 there was a cry from around the door

She’s away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o

It was late that night when the Lord came in

Enquiring for his lady-o

And the servant girl she said to the Lord

«She's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o»

«Then saddle for me my milk white steed

— my big horse is not speedy-o

And I will ride till I seek my bride

She’s away wi' 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

Your blankeys strewn so comely-o?

And how could you leave your newly wedded Lord

All for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?»

«What care I for my goose feather bed

Wi' 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?»

«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 wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o!»