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The Raggle Taggle Gypsy by Traditional

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
E7         Am
There were three gypsies coming to my hall door
    F          G7       C    E7
And downstairs ran this lady-o.
C        Am           E7          Am
One sang high and the other sang low
                   E7          Am  E7  Am
And the other sang Bonny Bonny Bis-cay-o.

Verse 2:
E7   Am
Then she pulled off her silk-finished gown,
    F        G7      C      E7
and put on a hose of leather-o.
C                 Am     E7       Am
The ragged ragged rags about our door,
                     E7            Am E7 Am
She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o.

Verse 3:
E7     Am
It was late last night when my lord came home,
  F       G7      C    E7
Enquiring for his lady-o.
C        Am          E7     Am
The servants said on every hand,
                      E7            Am E7 Am
"She is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Instrumental:
E7         Am
    F          G7       C    E7
C        Am           E7          Am
                   E7          Am  E7  Am
Verse 4:
E7  Am
"O saddle for me my milk-white steed,
    F        G7    C    E7
and go fetch me my pony-o,
C          Am      E7      Am
That I may go and seek my bride,
                     E7            Am E7 Am
Who is gone with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 5:
E7 Am
O he rode high and he rode low,
    F           G7        C    E7
he rode through woode and copses-o,
C        Am        E7         Am
Until he came to a wide open field,
             E7        Am E7 Am
and there he spied his lady-o.


Instrumental:
E7         Am
    F          G7       C    E7
C        Am           E7          Am
                   E7          Am  E7  Am
Verse 6:
E7  Am
"O what made you leave your house and land,
     F        G7         C    E7
what made you leave your money-o,
C             Am         E7          Am
What made you leave your new-wedded lord,
                   E7            Am E7 Am
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o?"

Verse 7:
E7 Am
"O what care I for my house and land,
     F    G7     C    E7
what care I for money-o?
C         Am       E7          Am
What care I for my new-wedded lord,
                   E7            Am E7 Am
to be off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 8:
E7    Am
"Last night you slept on a goose-feathered bed,
          F           G7      C      E7
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o.
C              Am         E7        Am
Tonight you'll sleep in a cold open field,
               E7            Am E7 Am
along with the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."

Verse 9:
E7  Am
"O what care I for my goose-feathered bed,
         F            G7       C      E7
with the sheet turned down so bravely-o?
C              Am         E7        Am
Tonight I will sleep in a cold open field,
              E7           Am E7 Am
along wih the raggle-taggle gypsy-o."