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|title = Raglan Road (unreleased cover)
|title = Raglan Road (unreleased cover)
|words = [[Patrick Kavanagh]]
|words = [[Patrick Kavanagh]]
|music = [[traditional]]
|music = ''[[traditional]]
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Brodsky Quartet]] (2006, 2009)
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Brodsky Quartet]]
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|first = [[Concert 2006-01-20 Sydney|January 20, 2006, Sydney, Australia]]
|first = [[Concert 2006-01-20 Sydney|January 20, 2006, Sydney, Australia]]
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|last = [[Concert 2009-04-27 Manchester|April 27, 2009, Manchester, England]]
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==Recordings by other artists==
==Recordings by other artists==
* ''[[Billy Bragg]], 2006
* [[Van Morrison]] and [[The Chieftains]], 1988
* ''The Dubliners, 1995
* The Dubliners, 1995
* ''[[Van Morrison]] and [[The Chieftains]], 1988
* Sinead O'Connor, 1996
* ''Sinead O'Connor, 1996
* [[Billy Bragg]], 2006
* ''This section is incomplete.''
* ''This section is incomplete.


==Internal links==  
==[[Special:WhatLinksHere/Raglan_Road|Internal links]]==  
*[[Template: Raglan Road|Lyrics]]
*[[Template: Raglan Road|Lyrics]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Raglan_Road Wikipedia: On Raglan Road]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Raglan_Road Wikipedia]


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[[Category:Unreleased covers]]
[[Category:Unreleased covers]]
[[Category:2006 unreleased covers]]

Revision as of 20:27, 7 June 2011

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 and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And said let grief be a fallen 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 passion's pledge
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay
Oh I loved too much and by such by such
Is happiness thrown away

I gave her gifts of the mind
I gave her the secret signs
Known to the artists who have known
The true gods of sound and stone
And word and tint I did not 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 the dawn of day

Raglan Road (unreleased cover)
Words byPatrick Kavanagh
Music bytraditional
Performed byElvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet

First known performance:
January 20, 2006, Sydney, Australia
Last known performance:
April 27, 2009, Manchester, England
     (8 known performances)


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Recordings by other artists

Internal links

External links