
Date of issue: 31.12.2000
Record label: Higher Octave
Song language: English
The Beggarman |
Well, I’m a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
I’m a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
Well, I’m a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
I’m a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
Well, I’m a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
I’m a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
Well, I’m a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
I’m a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
Well, I’m a little beggarman and begging I have been |
I’ve three score or more on this little isle of green |
And I’m known from the Liffey from the basement to the zoo |
And I’m known by the name of old Johnny Dhu |
Of all the trades that’s goin' the beggin' is the best |
For when a man is tired he can sit down and rest |
He can beg for his dinner, he’s nothing else to do |
When he comes around the corner with his old rig-a-doo |
I met a little flaxy haired girl one day |
'Well good morning' little flaxy haired girl', I did say |
'Well good mornin', little beggarman and how do you do |
With your rags and your bags and your old rig-a-doo" |
I’ll buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a tie |
And a nice young lady I will fetch by and by |
I’ll buy a pair of goggles and I’ll color them blue |
And an old fashioned lady I will make of her too |
I’ve got the sky, I’ve got the road |
I’ve got the sky, the world is my home |
Well, I’m a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
I’m a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
Well, I’m a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
I’m a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
And I slept way down, in a barn at Caurabawn |
A wet night came on and I slept till the dawn |
With the holes in the roof and the rain coming through |
And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo |
Who should awaken but the woman of the house |
With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse |
She began to frighten and I said, «Boo |
Ah, don’t be afraid ma’am it’s only Johnny Dhu» |
I’ve got the sky, I’ve got the moon |
I’ve got the sky, the world is my home |
And it’s over the fields with my pack on my back |
And over the fields with my great heavy sack |
With the holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through |
Singing, «doodle o for old Johnny Dhu» |
I must be going to bed for it’s getting late at night |
When the fire’s all raked and out goes the light |
Now you’ve heard the story of me old rig-a-doo |
It’s goodnight and God be with you from old Johnny Dhu |
I’ve got the sky, I’ve got the road |
I’ve got the sky, the world is my home |
I’ve got the sky, I’ve got the road |
I’ve got the sky, the world is my home |
I’ve got the sky, I’ve got the road |
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