Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Beggar , by - Steeleye Span. Song from the album Bedlam Born, in the genre Фолк-рокRelease date: 15.10.2000
Record label: Park
Song language: English
The Beggar |
| I’d rather be a beggar than a king |
| Tell you the reason why |
| A king can’t swagger, nor drink like a beggar |
| Nor be half so happy as I |
| Let the back and sides go bare |
| Let the hands and feet go cold |
| Give to the belly beer enough |
| Whether it be new or old |
| Sometimes we call at a rich man’s hall |
| To beg for bread and beer |
| Sometimes we’re lame, sometimes we’re blind |
| Sometimes too deaf to hear |
| Let the back and sides go bare |
| Let the hands and feet go cold |
| Give to the belly beer enough |
| Whether it be new or old |
| Sometimes we lie like hogs in the sty |
| In a flock of straw on the ground |
| Sometimes eat a crust that’s rolled in the dust |
| And are thankful it can be found |
| Let the back and sides go bare |
| Let the hands and feet go cold |
| Give to the belly beer enough |
| Whether it be new or old |
| From the hag and the hungry goblin |
| That into rags would rend you |
| And the spirits that stand by the naked man |
| In the book of moons defend you |
| That of your five sound senses |
| You never be forsaken |
| Nor travel from yourselves with me |
| Abroad to beg your bacon |
| Let the back and sides go bare |
| Let the hands and feet go cold |
| Give to the belly beer enough |
| Whether it be new or old |
| Let the back and sides go bare |
| Let the hands and feet go cold |
| Give to the belly beer enough |
| Whether it be new or old |