Raglan Road-International Pub Ensemble

[ti:Raglan Road] [ar:Irish Folk Players] [al:50 Irish Classic Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Raglan Road - International Pub Ensemble [00:15.59]On raglan road of an autumn day [00:23.34] [00:24.20]I saw her first and knew [00:29.23] [00:31.51]That her dark hair would weave a snare [00:37.51] [00:38.52]That I might one day rue [00:43.62] [00:45.52]I saw the danger and I passed [00:51.54] [00:52.57]Along the enchanted way [00:58.16] [00:59.65]And said let grief be a fallen leaf [01:07.20] [01:08.07]At the dawning of the day [01:13.55] [01:15.49]On Grafton street in November [01:22.38] [01:23.85]We tripped lightly along the ledge [01:30.13] [01:31.14]Of a deep ravine where can be seen [01:37.36] [01:38.19]The worth of passion's pledge [01:43.59] [01:45.14]The queen of hearts still making tarts [01:51.14] [01:52.15]And I not making hay [01:57.74] [01:59.17]Oh I loved too much and by such by such [02:06.70] [02:07.76]Is happiness thrown away [02:13.38] [02:15.03]I gave her gifts of the mind [02:19.87] [02:20.48]I gave her the secret signs [02:26.26] [02:28.77]Known to the artists who have known [02:35.12] [02:35.95]The true gods of sound and stone [02:40.82] [02:43.05]And word and tint I did not stint [02:48.81] [02:50.04]I gave her poems to say [02:56.04] [02:57.16]With her own name there [02:59.83] [03:00.59]And her own dark hair [03:03.99] [03:05.58]Like clouds over fields of may [03:11.18] [03:12.70]On a quiet street where old ghosts meet [03:20.42] [03:21.40]I see her walking now [03:26.72] [03:28.74]Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow [03:41.06] [03:42.76]That I had loved not as I should [03:48.48] [03:49.78]A creature made of clay [03:55.31] [03:56.72]When the angel woos the clay [04:01.80]He'll lose his wings at the dawn of day