StoryTitle("caps", "The Raggle, Taggle Gypsies ") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(15, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There were three gypsies a-come to my door, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And downstairs ran this lady, O.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "One sang high and another sang low,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And the other sang \"Bonnie, Bonnie Biskay, O.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then she pulled off her silken gown,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And put on hose of leather, O.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With the ragged, ragged rags about her door ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "She's off with the Raggle, Taggle Gypsies, O. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "'T was late last night when my lord came home, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Inquiring for his lady, O.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The servants said on every hand,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "\"She 's gone with the Raggle, Taggle Gypsies, O.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"Oh, saddle for me my milk-white steed,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Oh, saddle for me my pony, O, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That I may ride and seek my bride", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Who's gone with the Raggle, Taggle Gypsies, O.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Oh, he rode high and he rode low,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "He rode through woods and copses, O, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Until he came to an open field,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And there he espied his lady, O. ", "") ?>
PagePoem(16, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"What makes you leave your house and lands? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "What makes you leave your money, O? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What makes you leave your new-wedded lord ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To go with the Raggle, Taggle Gypsies, O?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"What care I for my house and lands?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "What care I for my money, O, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What care I for my new-wedded lord ?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I'm off with the Raggle, Taggle Gypsies, O.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"Last night you slept on a goose-feather bed, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With the sheet turned down so bravely, O. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To-night you will sleep in the cold, open field, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Along with the Raggle, Taggle Gypsies, O.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"What care I for your goose-feather bed, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With the sheet turned down so bravely, O? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For to-night I shall sleep in a cold, open field, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Along with the Raggle, Taggle Gypsies, O.\" ", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Old Folk Song.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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