Raglan Road
The High Kings
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D G On Raglan Road on an autumn day,D A G I saw her first and knewG D That her dark hair would weave a snare,G Bm A that I might one day rueG D I saw the danger and I passed,G Bm A along the enchanted way,D and I said: 'Let grief, be a fallenG leafD A G at the dawning of the day' [Verse 2]D G On Grafton Street in November,D A G we tripped lightly along the ledgeG D Of a deep ravine, where can be seen,Continues after the adG Bm A the worth of passion's pledgeG D The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,G Bm A and I not making hayD Oh, I loved too much and by such,G by such,D A G is happiness thrown away [Verse 3]D G I gave her gifts of the mind,D A G I gave her the secret signsG D That's known to the artists who have known,G Bm A the true gods of sound and stoneG D And word and tint, without stint,G Bm A I gave her poems to sayD With her own name there, and herG own dark hair,D A G like clouds over fields of May [Verse 4]D On a quiet street, where old ghostsG meet,D A G I see her walking nowG D Away from me so hurriedly,G Bm A my reason must allowG D That I had loved, not as I should,G Bm A a creature made of clayD When the angel woos the clay, he'dG lose,D A G his wings at the dawn of day