Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom Do Lamh

There were three auld gypsies came to our hall door

They came brave and boldly-o

And this one sang high and the other sang low

And the lady sang the raggle taggle gypsy-o

It was upstairs and downstairs the lady went

Put on her suit of leather-o

It was the cry all around her door

"She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

It was late that night that the lord came in

Enquiring for his lady-o

The servant girl's reply to him was

"She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"Oh, then saddle for me my 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-o"

Oh 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-o

"Oh then why d0 you leave your house and your land

Why did you leave your money-o?

Well yerra do you leave your only wedded lord

All for-a the raggle taggle gypsy-o?"

"Yerra what do I care for me house or me land?

What do I care for money-o?

Well yerra what do I care for me only wedded lord?

I'm away with me raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"Well it was there last night you'd a goose feather bed

With blankets drawn so comely-o

Tonight you lie in a wide open field

'In the arms of your raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"Yerra, what do I care for a goose feather bed

With blankets drawn so comely-o?

Tonight I lie in a wide open field

In the arms of me raggle ' gypsy-o"

"Oh, for you rode east when I rode west

You rode high and I rode low

I'd rather have a kiss of the yellow gypsy's lips

Than all of the cash and this money-o"