Raglan Road-Luke Kelly

[00:02.57]On Raglan Road of an autumn day [00:11.75]I saw her first and knew [00:19.39]That her dark hair would weave a snare [00:28.46]That I might one day rue [00:35.51]I saw the danger and I passed [00:43.74]Along the enchanted way [00:50.69]And said let grief be a fallen leaf [00:58.29]At the dawning of the day [01:07.34]On Grafton Street in November [01:14.52]We tripped lightly along the ledge [01:22.33]Of a deep ravine where can be seen [01:29.71]The worth of passion's pledge [01:36.04]The Queen of Hearts still making tarts [01:42.68]And I not making hay [01:49.14]Oh I loved too much and by such by such [01:57.58]Is happiness thrown away [02:05.76]I gave her gifts of the mind [02:11.78]I gave her the secret signs [02:20.98]Known to the artists who have known [02:28.46]The true gods of sound and stone [02:35.29]And word and tint I did not stint [02:42.35]I gave her poems to say [02:49.01]With her own name there [02:53.02]And her own dark hair [02:57.30]Like clouds over fields of May [03:06.07]On a quiet street where old ghosts meet [03:13.62]I see her walking now [03:21.38]Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow [03:35.96]That I had loved not as I should [03:43.56]A creature made of clay [03:49.82]When the angel woos the clay [03:56.46]He'll lose his wings at the dawn of day [04:10.19]