Raglan Road Lyrics - Nights From The Alhambra - Loreena Mckennitt

on raglan road on an autumn day i saw him first and knew 

that his dark hair would weave a snare that i might one day rue 

i saw the danger and yet i walked along the enchanted way 

and i said "let grief be a falling 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 passions play 

the queen of hearts still making tarts and i not making hay 

but i loved too much by such and such is happiness thrown away 

i gave him the gifts of the mind i gave him the secret sign 

that's known to the artists who have known true gods of sound and time 

with word and tint i never did stint i gave him reams of poems to say 

with his own name there and his shiny black hair like the clouds over fields of may 

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on a quiet street where old ghosts meet i see him walking now 

away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow 

that i had wooed not as i should a creature made of clay 

when the angel woos the clay he'll lose his wings at the dawn of the day 

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