[ti:The Beggarman]
[ar:Gaelic Storm]
[al:Special Reserve]
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[00:00.00]The Beggarman - Gaelic Storm
[00:01.66]Well I'm a little beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:03.45]I'm a little beggar beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:05.09]Well I'm a little beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:06.93]I'm a little beggar beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:08.77]Well I'm a little beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:10.57]I'm a little beggar beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:12.32]Well I'm a little beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:14.02]I'm a little beggar beggarman I am a beggarman
[00:15.82]Well I'm a little beggarman and begging I have been
[00:17.66]I've three score or more on this little isle of green
[00:19.36]And I'm known from the liffey from the basement to the zoo
[00:21.41]And I'm known by the name of old Johnny dhu
[00:22.83]Of all the trades that's goin' the beggin' is the best
[00:24.75]For when a man is tired he can sit down and rest
[00:26.34]He can beg for his dinner he's nothing else to do
[00:28.27]When he comes around the corner with his old rig adoo
[00:37.03]I met a little flaxy haired girl one day
[00:38.45]'Well good morning' little flaxy haired girl' I did say
[00:40.20]'Well good mornin' little beggarman and how do you do
[00:42.10]With your rags and your bags and your old rigadoo
[00:44.18]I'll buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a tie
[00:46.02]And a nice young lady I will fetch by and by
[00:47.74]I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll color them blue
[00:49.51]And an old fashioned lady I will make of her too
[00:52.55]I've got the sky I've got the road
[00:59.71]I've got the sky the world is my home
[01:06.52]Well I'm a little beggarman I am a beggarman
[01:08.07]I'm a little beggar beggarman I am a beggarman
[01:09.58]Well I'm a little beggarman I am a beggarman
[01:11.43]I'm a little beggar beggarman I am a beggarman
[01:13.15]And I slept way down in a barn at caurabawn
[01:15.13]A wet night came on and I slept till the dawn
[01:16.99]With the holes in the roof and the rain coming through
[01:18.98]And the rats and the cats they were playing peekaboo
[01:20.61]Who should awaken but the woman of the house
[01:22.21]With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse
[01:24.14]She began to frighten and I said boo
[01:25.96]Ah don't be afraid ma'am it's only johnny dhu
[01:41.74]I've got the sky I've got the moon
[01:48.43]I've got the sky the world is my home
[02:52.22]And it's over the fields with my pack on my back
[02:53.90]And over the fields with my great heavy sack
[02:55.74]With the holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through
[02:57.72]Doodle o for old johnny dhu
[02:59.22]I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
[03:01.23]When the fires all raked and out goes the light
[03:02.93]Now you've heard the story of me old rigadoo
[03:04.50]It's goodnight and god be with you from old johnny dhu
[03:07.80]I've got the sky I've got the road
[03:14.73]I've got the sky the world is my home
[03:21.88]I've got the sky I've got the road
[03:28.98]I've got the sky the world is my home
[03:36.08]I've got the sky I've got the road