
Date of issue: 01.10.1978
Record label: Rising Son
Song language: English
Little Beggar Man |
Traditional, adapted |
By Arlo Guthrie |
I am a little Beggar and a Beggar I have been |
For three score’are more in this little Isle of green |
And I’m known from the Liffy down to Segue |
And I’m known by the name of bold Donahue |
Of all the trades a-goin' now sure beggin is the best |
When a man gets tired he can lay him down to rest |
He can beg for his dinner when there’s nothing left to do |
Then just cut around the corner with his old Rigadoo |
I slept in a barn way down in Curabawn |
A-waitin' in for the mornin' I slept till the dawn |
With the holes in the roof and the rain a-comin' through |
And the cats and the rats they were playin' peeka-boo |
Who should awaken but the woman of the house |
With here white spotted apron and her calico blouse |
She began to frighten when I said boo! |
Sayin' don’t be afraid ma’am it’s old Johnny Dhu |
I met a little flaxy haired girl one day |
Good morning little flaxy haired girl I say |
Good morning little Beggar Man and how do you do |
With your rags and your tags and your old Rigaioo |
Buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a be |
And a nice big lady I will fetch by and by |
Buy a pair of goggles and I’ll color them blue |
And an old fashioned lady I will make her too |
Over the fields with the pack on my back |
Over the field with my great heavy sack |
With the holes in my shoes and the toes a’peekin' through |
Singin' skittilee rink-a-doodle it’s the old Johnny Dhu |
Must be going to bed boys, it’s gettin' late at night |
All the fire’s all raked and up goes the light |
And now you’ve heard the story of my old Rigadoo |
It’s «Good-bye God be with you' sings the old Johnny Dhu |
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