Young Dubliners - Raglan Road

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Uploaded by on Mar 17, 2011

The Young Dubliners cover "Raglan Road", originally a poem put to music by Luke Kelly of The Dubliners. This beautiful song was released on the Young Dubliners' 2007 album, With All Due Respect - The Irish Sessions. Check out The Young Dubliners at: http://www.youngdubliners.com
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Lyrics:

On Raglan Road of an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And said let grief be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the day

On Grafton Street in November
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The worth of passion's pledge
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay
Oh I loved too much and by such by such
Is happiness thrown away

I gave her gifts of the mind
I gave her the secret signs
Known to the artists who have known
The true gods of sound and stone
And word and tint I did not stint
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there
And her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of May

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow
That I had loved not as I should
A creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay
He'll lose his wings at the dawn of day

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  • Dare I say it this nearly matches Luke's!

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