The Raggle Taggle Gypsies

polka

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on March 19th 2004 by Torsten.

This tune has been added to 89 tunebooks.

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

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Into Folk by Rapalje
• Live 2004 by Planxty
• October Song by The House Band
• Planxty by Planxty
• Prosperous by Christy Moore
• 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