"The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" is a traditional folk song that originated as a Scottish border ballad, and has been popular throughout Britain, Ireland and North America. It concerns a rich lady who runs off to join the gypsies (or one gypsy). Common alternative names are "Gypsy Davy", "The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O", "The Gypsy Laddie(s)", "Black Jack David" (or "Davy") and "Seven Yellow Gypsies". that appeared in the book ' Some British ballads ' illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Publisher New York : Dodd, Mead 1919

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