Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song To The Beggin' I Will Go, artist - Old Blind Dogs. Album song The World's Room, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 14.03.2006
Record label: Green Linnet
Song language: English
To The Beggin' I Will Go |
O' a' the trades a man can try, the beggin' is the best |
For when a beggar’s weary he can jist sit down and rest |
First I maun get a meal-pock made out o' leather reed |
And it will haud twa firlots wi' room for beef and breid |
Afore that I do gang awa, I’ll lat my beard grow strang |
And for my nails I winna pair, for a beggar wears them lang |
I’ll gang to find some greasy cook and buy frae her a hat |
Wi' twa-three inches o' a rim, a' glitterin' owre wi' fat |
Syne I’ll gang to a turner and gar him mak a dish |
And it maun haud three chappins for I cudna dee wi' less |
I’ll gang and seek my quarters before that it grows dark |
Jist when the guidman’s sitting doon and new-hame frae his wark |
Syne I’ll tak out my muckle dish and stap it fu' o' meal |
And say, «Guidwife, gin ye gie me bree, I winna seek you kail» |
And maybe the guidman will say, «Puirman, put up your meal |
You’re welcome to your brose the nicht, likewise your breid and kail» |
If there’s a wedding in the toon, I’ll airt me to be there |
And pour my kindest benison upon the winsome pair |
And some will gie me breid and beef and some will gie me cheese |
And I’ll slip out among the folk and gather up bawbees |