Key: E
Introduction:
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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,
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along wih the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."