Raglan Road Songtext
von Patsy Watchorn

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, yet I passed
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 pledged

The ′Queen of Hearts' still making tarts
And I not making hay
Oh, I loved soo much and such, by such
Is happiness thrown away


Well, I gave her gifts of the mind
I gave her the secret sign
That′s known to the artists who have known
The true gods of sound and stone

And word and tint without 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 dawn of day
When the angel woos the clay
He'll lose his wings at dawn of day