Raglan Road

The High Kings

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Key:
D G On Raglan Road on an autumn day,
D A G I saw her first and knew
G D That her dark hair would weave a snare,
G Bm A that I might one day rue
G D I saw the danger and I passed,
G Bm A along the enchanted way,
D and I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen
G leaf
D 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 ledge
G D Of a deep ravine, where can be seen,
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G Bm A the worth of passion's pledge
G D The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,
G Bm A and I not making hay
D 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 signs
G D That's known to the artists who have known,
G Bm A the true gods of sound and stone
G D And word and tint, without stint,
G Bm A I gave her poems to say
D With her own name there, and her
G own dark hair,
D A G like clouds over fields of May [Verse 4]
D On a quiet street, where old ghosts
G meet,
D A G I see her walking now
G D Away from me so hurriedly,
G Bm A my reason must allow
G D That I had loved, not as I should,
G Bm A a creature made of clay
D When the angel woos the clay, he'd
G lose,
D A G his wings at the dawn of day
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Composition: Patrick Kavanagh

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