The Raggle Taggle Gypsy chords by The Chieftains

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Verse 1
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There were three
old gypsies came
To our house door
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They came brave and boldly- o
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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
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Put on her suit of leather- o
And there was a cry from
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around the door
She's away wi' the raggle taggle
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gypsy- o
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It  was late that night when
the Lord came in
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Enquiring for his lady- o
And the servant girl she
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said to the Lord
"She's away wi' the
Raggle taggle gypsy- o"
"Well saddle for me my
milk white steed
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- my big horse is not speedy- o
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And I will ride till I seek my bride
She's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-
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o"
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Now he rode East and he rode West
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He rode North and South also
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Until he came to a wide
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open field
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It was there that he spied his lady- o
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"How could you leave
your goose feather bed
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Your blankets strewn so comely- o?
And how could you leave
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Your newly wedded Lord
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All for a raggle taggle gypsy- o?"
"What care I for my goose feather bed
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My blankets strewn so comely- o?
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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?
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How could you leave your
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money- o?
How could you leave
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your only wedded Lord
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All for a raggle taggle gypsy- o?"
"What care I for my house and my land?
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What care I for my money-
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o?
I'd rather have a kiss from
The yellow gypsy's lips
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I'm away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-
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o!"