The Raggle Taggle Gypsy

	  		
verse 1 
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There were three gypsies coming to my hall door 
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And downstairs ran this lady-o. 
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One sang high and the other sang low 
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And the other sang Bonny Bonny Bis-cay-o. 

verse 2 
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Then she pulled off her silk-finished gown, 
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and put on a hose of leather-o. 
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The ragged ragged rags about our door, 
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She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o. 

verse 3 
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It was late last night when my lord came home, 
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Enquiring for his lady-o. 
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The servants said on every hand, 
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"She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o." 

Instrumental 
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verse 4 
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"O saddle for me my milk-white steed, 
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and go fetch me my pony-o, 
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That I may go and seek my bride, 
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Who is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o." 

Verse 5 
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O he rode high and he rode low, 
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he rode through woode and copses-o, 
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Until he came to a wide open field, 
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and there he spied his lady-o. 

Instrumental 
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Verse 6 
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"O what made you leave your house and land, 
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what made you leave your money-o, 
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What made you leave your new-wedded lord, 
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to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o?" 

Verse 7 
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"O what care I for my house and land, 
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what care I for money-o? 
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What care I for my new-wedded lord, 
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to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o." 

Verse 8 
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"Last night you slept on a goose-feathered bed, 
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with the sheet turned down so bravely-o. 
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Tonight you'll sleep in a cold open field, 
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along with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o." 

Verse 9 
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"O what care I for my goose-feathered bed, 
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with the sheet turned down so bravely-o? 
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Tonight I will sleep in a cold open field, 
              E7           Am E7 Am 
along wih the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."