The Little Beggarman Cifras

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[Verse 1]
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I am a little beggarman and begging I have been
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For three score or more in this little isle of green
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I'm known from the Liffey down to Segue
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And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu
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Of all the trade's that's going, sure begging is the best
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For when a man is tired, he can sit down and rest
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He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do
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Only cut around the corner with his old rig-a-doo
 
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[Verse 2]
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I slept in the barn, down at Caurabawn
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A wet night came on and I slept 'till the dawn
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With holes in the roof and the rain coming through
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And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo
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When who did I waken but the woman of the house
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With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse
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She began to frighten and I said "boo
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Aarah, don't be afraid mam it's only Johnny Dhu"
 
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[Verse 3]
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I met a little flaxy-haired girl one day
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"Good morning little flaxy-haired girl" I did say
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"Good morning little beggarman, a how do you do
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With your rags and you tags and you old rig-a-doo"
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I'll buy a pair of leggings, a collar and a tie
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And a nice young lady I'll fetch by and by
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I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll colour them blue
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And an old fashioned lady I will make her too
 
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[Verse 4]
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Over the road with my pack on my back
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Over the fields with my great heavy sack
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With holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through
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Singing skinny-me-rink a doodle o and old Johnny Dhu
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I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
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The fire's all raked and out goes the light
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So now you've heard the story of my old rig-a-doo
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It's good-bye and God be with you says old Johnny Dhu
 
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