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There were three old gypsies at the castle gate

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They sang so brave and bonnie-oh,

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And the lady sat in her chamber late

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Her heart it melted away like snow.



It was upstairs downstairs the lady went,

Put on her suit of leather-oh,

And it was the cry all around her door,

She4s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.



It was late that night when the lord came in,

Enquiring for his lady-oh,

And the only answer he received:

She4s away with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.



Then he rode east and he rode west,

And he rode high and rode low,

But when he rode to a wide open field,

It was there that he spied his lady-oh.



Why do you leave your house and land,

Why do you leave your money-oh,

And why do leave your own wedded lord

To go with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.



What do I care for my house and land,

What do I care for my money-oh,

And what do I care for my own wedded lord,

I4m away with the raggle taggle gypsy-oh.



Oh for you rode east when I rode west,

And you rode high when I rode low,

And I4d rather a kiss from the gypsies lips

Than all of your gold and money-oh.



etc.