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Thread #135671   Message #3095241
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Feb-11 - 03:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The wraggle taggle Gipsies, O!
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The wraggle taggle Gipsies, O!
Wiki and Contemplator put the song together with "The Gypsy Laddie," "Black Jack Davy," etc., but I like the idea of treating it separately. The 'w' is left off the 'wraggle' in some versions.

Apparently variants date back to the 18th C., but I haven't studied the song.