There were three gypsies coming to my hall door
And downstairs ran this lady-o.
One sang high and the other sang low
And the other sang Bonny Bonny Bis-cay-o.
verse 2
Then she pulled off her silk-finished gown,
and put on a hose of leather-o.
The ragged ragged rags about our door,
She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o.
verse 3
It was late last night when my lord came home,
Enquiring for his lady-o.
The servants said on every hand,
"She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."
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verse 4
"O saddle for me my milk-white steed,
and go fetch me my pony-o,
That I may go and seek my bride,
Who is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."
Verse 5
O he rode high and he rode low,
he rode through woode and copses-o,
Until he came to a wide open field,
and there he spied his lady-o.
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Verse 6
"O what made you leave your house and land,
what made you leave your money-o,
What made you leave your new-wedded lord,
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o?"
Verse 7
"O what care I for my house and land,
what care I for money-o?
What care I for my new-wedded lord,
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."
Verse 8
"Last night you slept on a goose-feathered bed,
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o.
Tonight you'll sleep in a cold open field,
along with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."
Verse 9
"O what care I for my goose-feathered bed,
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o?
Tonight I will sleep in a cold open field,
along wih the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."