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Irish Song Lyrics - Little Beggarman
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The Little Beggarman
Songs in the English Language. The commented in their liner notes:. Her version is basically Lizzie Higgins's one with the text anglicised. She commented in her liner notes:. Fermanagh in the s.
The Little Beggarman Lyrics
Does the girl see through the beggar's disguise, or is she just desperate to escape the slavery of her lonely farmstead home? A beggar, a beggar cam ower the lea, He was asking lodgings for charity. A beggar, a beggar cam over the lea, He was asking lodgings for charity.
I had a dochter and Jeannie was her name. I had a dochter and Jeannie was her name; She's run awa with the beggar man-o, Laddie, wi ma tow row ray. For I had one daughter and Jeannie was her name. For I had one daughter and Jeannie was her name; She's ran away with the begging man-o, Laddie, with my tow row ray. And a beggar, a beggar they'll tak me to be An awa wi you a'll gang -o, Laddie, wi ma tow row ray. And I'll kilt my skirts up above my knee And away with you I'll ran, ran, Laddie, with my tow row ray.
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Ye hannae got the cant o the beggin tongue An wi me ye winnae gang-o, Lassie, wi ma tow row ray. Oh you ain't got the cant of the begging tongue And with me you will not gang-o, Laddie, with my tow row ray. She's bent her back and she's booed her knee An she's put a black patch oer her ee. She has kilted her skirts up aboun her knee An awa wi him she's gan-o, Laddie, wi ma tow row ray. But she bent her back and she bowed her knee She put a black patch over her eye. And she's kilted her skirts up above her knee And away wi him she's aan-o, Lassie, with my tow row ray.
An old beggar man come over the lea, Many is the fine tale he tellt me. For the night being wet and it being cold She took pity on the poor old soul, She took pity on the poor old soul And she bade him to sit down. Chorus after every other verse: With his tooren ooren an tan ay Right an ooren fal la doo a day Right an ooren ooren ay With his tooren ooren aye doe. With his tooran nooran nan tan nee Right ton nooran fol the doo-a-dee Toraan nooran noraan nee With his tooran nooran-i-do. He sat himself by the chimney nook Wi' all his bags about his crook, All his bags about his crook, And so merrily he did sing.
He sat himself in the chimbley neuk And the bonny young daughter gave him the look. With all his bags behind the crook Right merrily he did sing. Now he grew canty and she was fain, But little did her mother ken Just what the two of them were saying As they sat sae thrag. All the doors being locked quite tight, The old woman rose in the middle of the night, The old woman rose in the middle of the night To find the old man gone.
For all that the doors were locked quite tight, The old woman rose in the middle of the night, The old woman rose in the middle of the night For to find the old man gone. Well, she ran to the cupboard, likewise to the chest, All things there and nothing missed. She's run to the cupboard, likewise to the chest, All things there and nothing missed. Clapping her hands and the dear be blessed, Wasn't he an honest old man?
The Beggarman
The breakfast was ready and the table was laid And the old woman went for to look for the maid: The sheets were cold and the bed was made, She's away wi' the lame poor man. When the breakfast was ready and the table laid The old woman went for to waken the maid: The bed was there but the maid was gone, Away with the lame poor man.
Seven long years have passed and gone, This same old beggar come back again.