Lyrics The Jolly Beggar - FIDDLER'S GREEN
It's
of
a
jolly
beggarman
came
tripping
o'er
the
plain
He
came
unto
a
farmer's
door
a
lodging
for
to
gain
The
farmer's
daughter
she
came
down
and
viewed
him
cheek
and
chin
She
says:
"He
is
a
handsome
man,
I
pray
you
take
him
in"
[Chorus]
We'll
go
no
more
aroving,
aroving
in
the
night
We'll
go
no
more
aroving,
let
the
moon
shine
so
bright
We'll
go
no
more
aroving
He
would
not
lie
within
the
barn
nor
yet
within
the
byre
But
he
would
in
the
corner
lie
down
by
the
kitchen
fire
Oh
then
the
beggar's
bed
was
made
of
good
clean
sheets
and
hay
And
down
beside
the
kitchen
fire
the
jolly
beggar
lay
[Chorus]
The
farmer's
daughter
she
got
up
to
bolt
the
kitchen
door
And
there
she
saw
the
beggar
standing
naked
on
the
floor
He
took
the
daughter
in
his
arms
and
to
the
bed
he
ran
"Kind
sir"
she
says
"Be
easy
now,
you'll
waken
our
good
man"
[Chorus]
"Now
you
are
no
beggar,
you
are
some
gentleman,
For
you
have
stolen
my
maidenhead
and
I
am
quite
undone"
"I
am
no
lord,
I
am
no
squire,
of
beggars
I
be
one,
And
beggars
they
be
robbers
all,
so
you
are
quite
undone"
[Chorus]
She
took
her
bed
in
both
her
hands
and
threw
it
at
the
wall
Says
"Go
ye
with
the
beggarman,
my
maidenhead
and
all!"
[Chorus]
1 Irish Rover
2 The Jolly Beggar
3 Rose in the Heather
4 Days of Yore
5 Charlie
6 As I Roved Out
7 The Creel
8 Don't Come Again
9 Empty Pockets, Empty Fridge
10 Highland Road
11 Folk’s Not Dead
12 Apology
13 Strike Back
14 Freeman
15 Mary Mack
16 Bugger Off
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