Raglan Road-Orla Fallon

[ti:Raglan Road] [ar:Orla Fallon] [al:Celtic Woman Presents: The Water Is Wide] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Raglan Road - Orla Fallon [00:09.64]On Raglan Road on an autumn day [00:17.50]I saw her first and knew [00:23.89] [00:24.55]That her dark hair would weave a snare [00:30.93]That I might one day rue [00:36.47] [00:37.39]I saw the danger yet I walked [00:44.04]Along the enchanted way [00:50.61]And I said Let grief be a falling leaf [00:58.50] [00:59.48]At the dawning of the day [01:05.98] [01:09.15]On Grafton Street in November [01:13.19] [01:14.47]We tripped lightly along the ledge [01:20.63]Of a deep ravine where can be seen [01:26.97]The worth of passion's pledge [01:32.83] [01:33.66]The Queen of Hearts still making tarts [01:39.89]And I not making hay [01:46.70]Oh I loved too much and by such by such [01:54.62]Is happiness thrown away [02:00.94] [02:04.29]I gave her the gifts of the mind [02:08.41]I gave her the secret sign that's known [02:15.82] [02:16.71]To the artists who have known the true [02:23.20]Gods of sound and storm [02:29.18] [02:29.84]And word and tint I did not stint [02:36.25]For I gave her poems to say [02:42.39] [02:43.12]With her own name there and her long black hair [02:50.30] [02:50.82]Like clouds over fields of May [02:56.84] [03:01.45]On a quiet street where old ghosts meet [03:09.43] [03:09.95]I see her walking now [03:15.91] [03:17.80]Away from me so hurriedly [03:23.48] [03:24.03]My reason must allow [03:30.13] [03:30.82]That I had ruled not as I should [03:36.66] [03:37.38]A creature made of clay [03:44.49] [03:45.38]When the angel woos the clay he'll lose [03:55.73] [03:56.53]His wings at the dawn of day