Jolly Beggarman

G G There was a jolly begging man C Em And a begging he was bound G C And he took up his quarters G D Into a land'art toun G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving C Em Sae late intae the night G C And we'll gang nae mair a-roving G D Let the moon shine e'er sae bright G Em G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving G He would neither lie in barn C Em Nor yet would he in byre G C But in ahint the ha-door G D Or else afore the fire G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving C Em Sae late intae the night G C We'll gang nae mair a-roving G D Let the moon shine e'er sae bright G Em G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving G The beggar's bed was made at een C Em Wi good clean straw and hay G C And in ahint the ha-door G D And there the beggar lay G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving C Em Sae late intae the night G C We'll gang nae mair a-roving G D Let the moon shine e'er sae bright G Em And we'll gang nae mair a-roving G Up raise the goodman's dochter C Em She raced to bar the door G C And there she saw the beggarman G D A-lying on the floor G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving C Em Sae late intae the night G C We'll gang nae mair a-roving G D Let the moon shine e'er sae bright G Em And we'll gang nae mair a-roving G He took a horn frae at his side C Em And blew baith loud and shrill G C And four-and-twenty belted knights G D Come skipping o'er the hill G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving C Em Sae late intae the night G C We'll gang nae mair a-roving G D Let the moon shine e'er sae bright G Em And we'll gang nae mair a-roving G And he took out his little knife C Em Loot a' his duddies fa G C And he was the brawest gentleman G D That there was amang them a' G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving C Em Sae late intae the night G C We'll gang nae mair a-roving G D Let the moon shine e'er sae bright G Em And we'll gang nae mair a-roving G Yer beggar was a cliver loon C Em And he lap shoulder height G C "Oh aye, for sicken quarters G D As I got yester night" G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving C Em Sae late intae the night G C We'll gang nae mair a-roving G D Let the moon shine e'er sae bright G Em G And we'll gang nae mair a-roving