THE JOLLY BEGGAR
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THE JOLLY BEGGAR
[b. 1542]
[Attributed to James V of Scotland: see note to preceding song].
There was a jolly beggar, anda begging he was born.set forth
And he took up his quarters into a land ’art town,country farmsteading
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving
Sae late into the night,
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
And he took up his quarters into a land ’art town,country farmsteading
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving
Sae late into the night,
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
He wad neither ly in barn, not yet wad he in byre;
But in ahint the ha’door, or else afore the fire.behind
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving
Sae late into the night,
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
But in ahint the ha’door, or else afore the fire.behind
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving
Sae late into the night,
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
The beggar’s bed was made at e’en wi’ good clean straw and hay,
And in ahint the ha’door, and there the beggar lay.
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving
Sae late into the night,
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
And in ahint the ha’door, and there the beggar lay.
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving
Sae late into the night,
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
