The Little Beggar Girl-Richard Thompson

[ti:The Little Beggar Girl] [ar:Richard Thompson] [al:I Want To See The Bright Light] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Little Beggar Girl - Richard Thompson [00:04.57]I'm just a little beggar girl and Sally is my name [00:08.76]You can call me a skiver and I'll call you the same [00:12.76] [00:13.66]You can show me you're sorry if you think it's a shame [00:18.03]That I'm only a poor little beggar girl [00:22.05]Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl [00:26.04]You can show me you're sorry if you think it's a shame [00:30.35]That I'm only a poor little beggar girl [00:38.40]I'll dance with my peg leg a-wiggling at the knee [00:42.51]I'll play on the accordion my father gave to me [00:46.63] [00:47.55]For it's well worth it all to please a gent such as thee [00:51.98]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl [00:55.74]Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl [00:59.87]And it's well worth it all to please a gent such as thee [01:04.11]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl [01:12.16]I've been down to London I've been up to Crewe [01:16.10]I travel far and wide to do the work that I do [01:21.23]'Cause I love taking money off a snob like you [01:25.52]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl [01:29.27]Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl [01:33.36]And I love taking money off a snob like you [01:37.73]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl [02:10.03]Oh the poor they will be rich and the rich they will be poor [02:14.11]That's according to Saul when he wrote down the law [02:19.26]And I'd much rather be rich after than before [02:23.39]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl [02:27.47]Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl [02:31.47]And I'd much rather be rich after than before [02:35.65]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl [02:43.85]If the words of my song do your conscience alarm [02:47.92]Just remember generosity is like a lucky charm [02:52.88]If you give me your money it'll do you no harm [02:57.07]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl [03:01.06]Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl [03:05.15]If you give me your money it'll do you no harm [03:10.41]For I'm only a poor little beggar girl