THE JOLLY BEGGAR



It's of a jolly beggarman came tripping o'er the plain

He came unto a farmer's door a lodging for to gain

The farmer's daughter she came down and viewed him cheek and chin

She says, He is a handsome man. I pray you take him in



We'll go no more a roving, a roving in the night

We'll go no more a roving, let the moon shine so bright

We'll go no more a roving



He would not lie within the barn nor yet within the byre

But he would in the corner lie down by the kitchen fire

o then the beggar's bed was made of good clean sheets and hay

And down beside the kitchen fire the jolly beggar lay



The farmer's daughter she got up to bolt the kitchen door

And there she saw the beggar standing naked on the floor

He took the daughter in his arms and to the bed he ran

Kind sir, she says, be easy now, you'll waken our goodman



Now you are no beggar, you are some gentleman

For you have stolen my maidenhead and I am quite undone

I am no lord, I am no squire, of beggars I be one

And beggars they be robbers all, so you re quite undone



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Child #279

One of the Scottish kings (James IV?) was reputed to wander his

kingdom in disguise seducing girls.

@beg @Scots @love

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