The Waterboys' recording of 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsy', from the album Room to Roam. | |
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Album or single title | Performer | Year | Title variant | Notes |
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Early American Ballads' | John Jacob Niles | 1938 | 'The Gypsie Laddie' | 78 rpm record album |
'Black Jack David' | Cliff Carlisle | 1939 | 'Black Jack David' | Single on Decca label, reissued on Blue Yodeller And Steel Guitar Wizard (1996) & A Country Legacy (2004) |
'Black Jack David' | Carter Family | 1940 | 'Black Jack David' | Single on Okeh label, resissued on several albums |
'Gypsy Davy' | Woody Guthrie | 1944 | 'Gypsy Davy' | Single recorded by Moses Asch reissued on several albums |
'Black Jack David' | T. Texas Tyler | 1952 | 'Black Jack David' | Single, reissued on CD by the British Archive of Country Music (BACM) |
'Black Jack David' | Warren Smith | 1956 | 'Black Jack David' | Single, reissued on several albums |
'The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies' Folk Songs & Ballades of Elizabethan England | Alfred Deller | 1956 | 'The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies' | Vinyl LP the Cecil Sharp version sung in Elizabethan style by countertenor |
The Foggy Dew and Other Traditional English Love Songs | A. L. Lloyd | 1956 | 'The Seven Gypsies' | |
Pete Seeger Sings American Ballads | Pete Seeger | 1957 | 'Gypsy Davy' | |
Songs and Ballads of the Ozarks | Almeda Riddle | 1960 | 'Black Jack Davey' | |
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains Volume 1 | Jean Ritchie | 1961 | 'Gypsy Laddie' | |
The English And Scottish Popular Ballads Vol.2, F.J. Child Ballads | Ewan MacColl | 1961 | 'The Gypsy Laddie' | |
Folk, Blues and Beyond | Davey Graham | 1964 | 'Seven Gypsies' | |
All the Good Times | Alice Stuart | 1964 | 'Black Jack David' | |
Remembrance of Things to Come | New Lost City Ramblers | 1966 | 'Black Jack Daisy' | |
The Power of the True Love Knot | Shirley Collins | 1968 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | |
Prince Heathen | Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick | 1969 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | Reissued on Martin Carthy: A Collection (Topic: TSCD750, 1999), Carthy also sings it live in the studio in July 2006 for the DVD Guitar Maestros. |
Ride a Hustler's Dream | Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera | 1969 | 'Black Jack Davy' | |
I Looked Up | The Incredible String Band | 1970 | 'Black Jack Davy' | Also (as 'Black Jack David') on Earthspan (1972) |
The Kerbside Entertainers[10] | Don Partridge | 1971 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsies' | Solo vocal with acoustic guitar |
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys | Arlo Guthrie | 1973 | 'Gypsy Davy' | Charted at #23 on BillboardEasy Listening chart |
Planxty | Planxty | 1973 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | Version learnt fromJohn Reilly (see below 1977) |
The Shipbuilder | Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt | 1974 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsies' | |
Mo’ Roots | Taj Mahal (musician) | 1974 | 'Blackjack Davey' | |
All Around My Hat | Steeleye Span | 1975 | 'Black Jack Davy' | Also on On Tour and Gone to Australia (live albums) and Present - The Very Best of Steeleye Span (2002) |
For Pence and Spicy Ale | Mike Waterson | 1975 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | |
Are Ye Sleeping Maggie | The Tannahill Weavers | 1976 | 'The Gypsy Laddie' | |
Traditional Ballads of Scotland | Alex Campbell | 1977 | 'The Gypsy Laddie' | |
The Bonny Green Tree Songs of an Irish Traveller | John Reilly | 1977 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | Recorded 1967 The version learnt byChristy Moore and popularised among Irish groups |
Shreds and Patches | John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris | 1977 | 'The Gypsy Laddie' | |
There Was a Maid | Dolores Keane | 1978 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | Version of Paddy Doran (see below 2012) |
The Boatman's Daughter | Golden Bough | 1983 | 'Black Jack Davy' | This version written by Paul Espinoza of Golden Bough |
Watching the White Wheat | The King's Singers | 1986 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsies' | The Cecil Sharp version, highly arranged for male-voice a capella group |
The Voice of the People Vol 6 Tonight I'll Make You My Bride | Walter Pardon | 1988 | 'The Raggle-Taggle Gypsies' | Recorded 1975 |
The Voice of the People Vol 17 It Fell on a Day, a Bonny Summer Day | Jeannie Robertson | 1988 | 'The Gypsy Laddies' | Recorded 1953 |
In Search of Nic Jones | Nic Jones | 1988 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | Recorded 1981 for BBC Radio 2 Radio Folk |
Room to Roam | The Waterboys | 1990 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong | Boston Camerata | 1990 | 'Gipsy Davy' | |
Fiddler's Green | Fiddler's Green | 1992 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
Good as I Been to You | Bob Dylan | 1992 | 'Blackjack Davey' | |
Gypsies & Lovers | The Irish Descendants | 1994 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
Comet | Cordelia's Dad | 1995 | 'Gypsy Davy' | |
The True Lover's Farewell - Appalachian Folk Ballads | Custer LaRue | 1995 | 'Gypsen Davey' | |
Neat and Complete | Sandra Kerr & Nancy Kerr | 1996 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | |
Stargazy Pie | Nancy Kerr & James Fagan | 1997 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | |
October Song | The House Band | 1998 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | |
Pastures of Plenty | JSD Band | 1998 | 'The Gypsy Laddie' | |
Blackjack David | Dave Alvin | 1998 | 'Blackjack David' | |
Traveller | Christy Moore | 1999 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
Os Amores Libres | Carlos Núñez | 1999 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | Sung by Mike Scott |
Broken Ground | Waterson–Carthy | 1999 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsies' | Sung by Eliza Carthy |
Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 | Carter Family | 2000 | 'Black Jack David' | Reissue of 1940 recording (see above) |
Long Expectant Comes At Last | Cathal McConnell | 2000 | 'The Gypsies' | Also in 'I Have Travelled This Country - Songs of Cathal McConnell', a book of 123 songs with accompanying recordings |
The Alan Lomax Collection: Portraits Texas Gladden – Ballad Legacy | Texas Gladden | 2001 | 'Gypsy Davy' | Recorded 1941 |
The Bonny Labouring Boy | Harry Cox | 2001 | 'Black-Hearted Gypsies O' | Recorded 1965 |
Hattie Mae Tyler Cargill | Debra Cowan | 2001 | 'Dark-Skinned Davy' | |
Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs | Andreas Scholl | 2001 | 'The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies, O!' | Sung as dialogue between counter-tenor and baritone, accompanied by Edin Karamazov & the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. |
Away with the Fairies | Mad Dog Mcrea | 2002 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
Further Down the Old Plank Road | The Chieftains | 2003 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | Featuring Nickel Creek |
Elephant | The White Stripes | 2003 | 'Black Jack Davey' | Single track listing |
Swinging Miss Loch Lomond 1952–1959 | Maxine Sullivan | 2004 | 'Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies' | Single recorded in 1950's |
Another Dawn | Tempest | 2004 | 'Black Jack Davy' | |
With Us | The Black Pine | 2004 | 'Black Jack David' | |
Voice | Alison Moyet | 2004 | 'The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies-O' | |
The Irish Connection | Johnny Logan | 2007 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
Celtic Fire | Rapalje | 2007 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
The Song Train | Harvey Reid | 2007 | 'Black Jack Davy' | Sung by Joyce Andersen |
Act Two | Celtic Thunder | 2008 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
Fotheringay 2 | Fotheringay | 2008 | 'Gypsy Davey' | Recorded 1970 |
A Folk Song a Day: April | Jon Boden | 2011 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | |
The Voice of the People Good People Take Warning | Paddy Doran | 2012 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | Recorded 1952 |
The Voice of the People I'm A Romani Rai | Carolyne Hughes | 2012 | 'The Draggle-Tail Gypsies' | Recorded 1968 |
The Speyside Sessions | Speyside Sessions | 2012 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
A North Country Lass | Lesley Garrett | 2012 | 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsies' | The Cecil Sharp version, performed by classical soprano and orchestra |
My Dearest Darkest Neighbor | Hurray for the Riff Raff | 2013 | 'Black Jack Davey' | |
Country Soul | Derek Ryan | 'Raggle-Taggle Gypsy' | ||
'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | Dylan Walshe | 2015 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | Muddy Roots label, appears on the live album Soul Hell Cafe |
From Without | Ferocious Dog | 2015 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' | |
Ballads Long and Short | John Roberts and Debra Cowan | 2015 | 'Gypsum Davey' | |
Strange Country | Kacy & Clayton | 2016 | 'Seven Yellow Gypsies' | |
Look Both Ways | Steamchicken | 2017 | 'Gypsy' | |
Origins | Dark Moor | 2018 | 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' |
I Looked Up | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 1970 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic folk, folk | |||
Length | 41:22 | |||
Label | Elektra / WEA | |||
Producer | Joe Boyd | |||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Black Jack Davy' | 3:59 | |
2. | 'The Letter' | 3:08 | |
3. | 'Pictures in a Mirror' | Robin Williamson | 10:43 |
4. | 'This Moment' | 6:07 | |
5. | 'When You Find Out Who You Are' | Williamson | 10:58 |
6. | 'Fair As You' | 6:27 | |
Total length: | 41:22 |
Chart | Entry date | Peak position | Weeks charted |
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UK Albums Chart[8] | May 5, 1970 | 30 | 4 |
The Billboard 200[9] | July 25, 1970 | 196 | 2 |