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    Raggle Taggle Gypsy: Fast Traditional (Scottish Border Ballad)

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    This document contains the lyrics to the traditional Scottish border ballad "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" in 12 verses. The ballad tells a story of a lady who leaves her home and lord to run away with a group of traveling gypsies, referred to as "raggle taggle gypsies". Her lord searches for her and finds her in a field in the arms of one of the gypsies. She declares she prefers being with the gypsy over her home and lord.

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    Raggle Taggle Gypsy: Fast Traditional (Scottish Border Ballad)

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    This document contains the lyrics to the traditional Scottish border ballad "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" in 12 verses. The ballad tells a story of a lady who leaves her home and lord to run away with a group of traveling gypsies, referred to as "raggle taggle gypsies". Her lord searches for her and finds her in a field in the arms of one of the gypsies. She declares she prefers being with the gypsy over her home and lord.

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    This document contains the lyrics to the traditional Scottish border ballad "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" in 12 verses. The ballad tells a story of a lady who leaves her home and lord to run away with a group of traveling gypsies, referred to as "raggle taggle gypsies". Her lord searches for her and finds her in a field in the arms of one of the gypsies. She declares she prefers being with the gypsy over her home and lord.

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    Raggle Taggle Gypsy: Fast Traditional (Scottish Border Ballad)

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    This document contains the lyrics to the traditional Scottish border ballad "Raggle Taggle Gypsy" in 12 verses. The ballad tells a story of a lady who leaves her home and lord to run away with a group of traveling gypsies, referred to as "raggle taggle gypsies". Her lord searches for her and finds her in a field in the arms of one of the gypsies. She declares she prefers being with the gypsy over her home and lord.

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    Raggle Taggle Gypsy

    Traditional
    Fast (180 BPM) (Scottish border ballad)
                                  
    7                                  
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    There were three old gypsies came to our hall door


    They came brave and boldly-o,
    The one sang high and the other sang low
    The other sang a raggle taggle gypsy-o.

    It was upstairs downstairs the lady went


    She put on her suit of leather-o,
    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,
    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


    For 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, he rode West


    He rode North and South also,
    Till he came to a wide open plain,
    There he spied his lady-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.”

    “How could you leave your goose featherbed


    With your blankets strewn so comely-o?
    How could you leave your newly wedded Lord
    All for the raggle taggle gypsy-o?”

    “What care I for my goose featherbed


    Wi’ ma blankets strewn so comely-o,
    Tonight I lie in a wide upon field
    In the arms of a raggle taggle gypsy-o.”

    Away wi’ the raggle taggle gypsy-o.

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