Beggarman's Song, The

X:1315
T:Beggarman's Song, The
S:Digital Tradition, beggardh
N:Tune: Johnny Dhu
O:Irish
Z:dt:beggardh
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=150
W:I am a little beggarman, a begging I have been
W:For three score years in this little isle of green
W:I'm known along the Liffey from the Basin to the Zoo
W:And everybody calls me by the name of Johnny Dhu
W:
W:  Chorus:
W:  Of all the trades a going, sure the begging is the best
W:  For when a man is tired he can sit him down and rest
W:  He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do
W:  But to slip around the corner with his old rigadoo
W:
W:I slept in a barn one night in Currabawn
W:A shocking wet night it was, but I slept until the dawn
W:There was holes in the roof and the raindrops coming thru
W:And the rats and the cats were a playing peek a boo
W:
W:Who did I waken but the woman of the house
W:With her white spotted apron and her calico blouse
W:She began to frighten and I said boo
W:Sure, don't be afraid at all, it's only Johnny Dhu
W:
W:I met a little girl while a walkin out one day
W:Good morrow little flaxen haired girl, I did say
W:Good morrow little beggarman and how do you do
W:With your rags and your tags and your auld rigadoo
W:
W:I'll buy a pair of leggins and a collar and a tie
W:And a nice young lady I'll go courting by and by
W:I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll color them with blue
W:And an old fashioned lady I will make her too
W:
W:So all along the high road with my bag upon my back
W:Over the fields with my bulging heavy sack
W:With holes in my shoes and my toes a peeping thru
W:Singing, skin a ma rink a doodle with my auld rigadoo
W:
W:O I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
W:The fire is all raked and now tis out of light
W:For now you've heard the story of my auld rigadoo
W:So good and God be with you, from auld Johnny Dhu
K:Ab
e|A2B A2G|A2B c2d|e2f e2c|d3 c2-d|\
e3 A3|A2-B c2A|B2G E2F|_G3- G2F|
E2A A2A|A2B c2d|e2f e2c|d3 c2-d|\
e2a a2b|a2g e2d|c2A A2A|A3 e2-f|
_g3 g2a|_g2f e2f|_g2f e2c|d3 c2-d|\
e2A A2A|A2B c2A|B2G E2F|_G3 A2B|
E3 A2A|A2B c2d|e2f e2c|d3 c2d|\
e2a a2b|a2g e2d||

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/LesterBailey/melnets_big_abc_file/01066
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/be/Beggarmans_Song_The_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/konzertina.org/Beggarmans_Song_The/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/01066
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/mucl.de/~mdoering/dt-songs/0022

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