The Raggle Taggle Gypsies

polka

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on March 19th 2004 by Torsten.

This tune has been added to 133 tunebooks.

Also known as Raggle Taggle Gypsy, Seven Yellow Gypsies, Wraggle Taggle Gypsies Oh.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Claddagh's Choice: An Anthology Of Irish Traditional Music by Various Artists
• Into Folk by Rapalje
• Live 2004 by Planxty
• October Song by The House Band
• Planxty by Planxty
• Prosperous by Christy Moore
• Room To Roam by The Waterboys
• Rud Eile by Rud Eile
• Starry Gazy Pie by Nancy Kerr And James Fagan
• The Planxty Collection by Planxty
• There Was A Maid by Dolores Keane

X: 1
T: Raggle Taggle Gypsies, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
F |:"D"F A A A/A/|F D D2|"D"d d d A/A/|
"G"(BA/)A/ "D"A>d|d d d A |"G"B A "D"A>E|
[1 F A A A|"A"E D "D"D2|z4|"A"z2 "D"z F :|
[2 F/A/ A/A/B/A/G/|"/F# /E D"F E D2|z4|"A"z2"D"z2|

Raggle Taggle

Hello,
i hope this is the right tune. I know it as The raggle Taggle Gypsies.

# Posted on March 19th 2004 by Torsten

"Raggle Taggle Gypsy" is, if I recall correctly, a song of which there are many variants -- I think it's Childe Ballad #200. Try at mudcat.org or the general Net and you'll probably find 200 different sets of lyrics.

The tune I like the best at the moment is (in D):

C|:D2 C2 B,3C|D2 C2 B,3B,|B3B c2 B2|A2 FE F3F|
A2 A2 B2 F^G|A^G FE3 B,C|DCDE FAFE|D2 C2 B,2 zC:|

# Posted on March 19th 2004 by Zina Lee

Oh, and that's in 4/4, by the way, just because, um, it was.

# Posted on March 19th 2004 by Zina Lee

Zina Lee --

That's the version I like too. Keeps going 'round and 'round in my head.

# Posted on March 14th 2009 by sheryl mcd

Hmm

that's quite a mess you've got there? Maybe you should edit the abc to get rid of the repeats. As it is now it's very difficult to interpret, with the dead measures followed by a measure with two chords and one note. For now I'm passing this by, but I like Zina's "version" which sounds completely different.

# Posted on December 20th 2009 by Earl Cameron

Tannahill Weavers

on the Tannahill Weavers' first album, they do a version of this song, and call it The Gypsy Laddie(-O)

Planxty has a song called Raggle Taggle Gypsy O with a different melody in minor key...
I think there's quite a few other recordings of this minor key version too...

# Posted on September 14th 2010 by spettro9