The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O!

Three gypsies stood at the castle gate

They sang so high, they sang so low

The lady sate in her chamber late

Her heart it melted away as snow

They sang so sweet, they sang so shrill

That fast her tears began to flow

And she lay down her silken gown

Her golden rings and all her show

She took it off her high-heeled shoes

A-made of Spanish leather-O

She would in the street in her bare, bare feet

All out in the wind and weather-O

Saddle to me my milk white steed

And go and fetch me my pony-O

That I may ride and seek my bride

Who's gone with the wraggle taggle gypsies-O

He rode high and he rode low

He rode through woods and copses too

Until he came to an open field

And there he espied his a-lady-O

"What makes you leave your house and land

Your golden treasures for to go

What makes you leave your new wedded lord

To follow the wraggle taggle gypsies-O"

"What care I for my house and my land

What care I for my treasures-O

What care I for my new wedded lord

I'm off with the wraggle taggle gypsies-O!"

"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 wraggle taggle gypsies-O!"

"What care I for the goose-feathered bed

With the sheet turned down so bravely-O

Tonight I shall sleep in a cold open field

Along with the wraggle taggle gypsies-O!"