There were three auld gypsies came to our hall door.
They came brave and boldly-o.
And one sang high and the other sang low
The other sang a raggle taggle gypsy-o.

It was upstairs, downstairs the lady went,
Put on her suit of leather-o,
And there came a cry from around her door;
"She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

It was late that night when the lord came in,
Inquiring for his lady-o,
And the servant girl, she said to the lord;
"She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"Well saddle for me my milk-white steed
Me big horse is not speedy-o
And I will ride till I'll seek me bride,
She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

Now he rode east and he rode west
He rode north and south also,
Until he came to a wide open plain
It was there that he spied his lady-o.

"Tell me how could you leave your house and your land,
How could you leave your money-o?
How could you leave your only wedded lord
All for the raggle taggle gypsy-o?"

"Well what care I for my house and my land?
What care I for my money-o?
I'd rather have a kiss from the yellow gypsy's lips
I'm away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

"Tell me how could you leave your goose-feather bed,
Blankets strewn so comely-o.
How could you leave your only wedded lord
All for the raggle taggle gypsy-o "

"Well what care I for my goose feather bed?
Blankets strewn so comely-o
Tonight I'll lie in a wide open field
In the arms of the raggle taggle gypsy-o "

" Well how could you leave your house and your land,
How could you leave your money-o?
How could you leave your only wedded lord
All for the raggle taggle gypsy-o?"

"Well what care I for me house and me land?
What care I for my money-o?
I'd rather have a kiss from the yellow gypsy's lips I
I'm away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o"

She's away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o

From a Waterboys version I took off of YouTube
Waterboys & Sharon Shannon