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There were three old gypsies / Came to our hall door
They came brave and boldly-o.
There's one sang high and the other sang low.
And the lady sang the Raggle-Taggle Gypsy-sicky-o
It was upstairs and downstairs the lady-dicky went
Put on her duffle o' leather-o
It was the cry all around our door:
She's away with the Raggle-Taggle Gypsy-sicky-o
It was late that night that the lord came in
Inquiring for his lady-o
The servant girl replied to him: "Well,
She's away with the Raggle-Taggle Gypsy-sicky-o"
"O then saddle for me me milk-white steed
Me big horse is not speedy-o
I will ride and I'll seek me bride
She's away with the Raggle-Taggle-Gypsy-sicky-o"
O then he rode east and he rode west
He rode north and south also
But when he rode to the wide open field
It was there that he spied his lady-dicky go.
"O then why do you leave your house and your land?
Why do you leave your money-o?
Why do you leave your only wedded lord
For the Raggle-Taggle Gypsy-sicky-o?"
"What do I care For me house or me land?
What do I care for money-o?
What do I care for me only wedded lord?
I'm away with me Raggle-Taggle Gypsy-sicky-o"
"Well it was there last night
You'd a goose-feather bed with blankets drawn so comely-o
Tonight you lie in the wide-open field
In the arms of your Raggle-Taggle-Gypsy-sicky-o."
"What do I care for a goose-feather bed
With blankets drawn so comely-o?
Tonight I lie in the wide-open field
in the arms of me Raggle-Taggle-Gypsy-sicky-o.
You rode east and I rode West
You rode high and I rode low
I'd rather have a kiss of the yellow Gypsy's lips
than the Lord of the Cash's money-o."
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