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Three Gypsies​/​Fairy King (trad)

from Why Should Not A Trumpet by Travis Puntarelli

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raggle taggle gypsies

There were three gypsies
a-come to our door
and downstairs ran this Lady-O
One sang high, and the other sang low
and they all sang
Raggle-Taggle Gypsy-O

O my Lady threw off
her silk-finish'd gown
and put on hoes of leather-O
The ragged ragged rags
strewn about our door
and she's gone with the
Raggle Taggle Gypsies-O

It was late that night
when me Lord came home
inquiring for his a-Lady-O
We servants said on every hand:
"she's away with the
Raggle Taggle Gypsies-O"







O Saddle to me
my milk-white steed
and saddle to me my pony-O
that I may ride and seek a-my bride
who's away with the
Raggle Taggle Gypsies-O

O He rode high
and he rode low
he rode o'er wood and copses-O
Until he came to a wide open field
and that's where he found
his a-Lady, O

What makes you leave
your house and your land?
What maketh you to leave
your money-O?
What makes you leave
your new-wedded Lord
to go with the
Raggle-Taggle-Gypsies-O?

Ah what care I?
For me house or me land?
What care I for money-O?
I'd rather have a kiss
from the yellow gypies lips
than all of the gold in the world!

Oh! Last night you slept
in a goose-down bed
with the sheets turned out so bravely-O
Tonight you'll sleep in a cold open field
along with your
Raggle Taggle Gypsies-O

That's right I slept
in a goose-down bed
with the sheets turned out so bravely-O
Tonight I'll sleep in a wide open field
with all of me
Raggle Taggle Gypsies-O!

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from Why Should Not A Trumpet, released April 1, 2018

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