The Beggar-Steeleye Span

[ti:The Beggar] [ar:Steeleye Span] [al:Bedlam Born] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Beggar - Steeleye Span [00:20.88]I'd rather be a beggar than a king [00:23.77]Tell you the reason why [00:26.01]A king can't swagger nor drink like a beggar [00:28.71]Nor be half so happy as I [00:30.72] [00:32.22]Let the back and sides go bare [00:34.79]Let the hands and feet go cold [00:36.69] [00:37.55]Give to the belly beer enough [00:39.94]Whether it be new or old [00:42.01] [00:52.36]Sometimes we call at a rich man's hall [00:55.50]To beg for bread and beer [00:57.51]Sometimes we're lame sometimes we're blind [00:59.96]Sometimes too deaf to hear [01:02.45] [01:03.84]Let the back and sides go bare [01:06.35]Let the hands and feet go cold [01:08.10] [01:09.19]Give to the belly beer enough [01:11.48]Whether it be new or old [01:13.50] [01:23.80]Sometimes we lie like hogs in the sty [01:27.06]In a flock of straw on the ground [01:29.31]Sometimes eat a crust that's rolled in the dust [01:31.94]And are thankful it can be found [01:34.00] [01:35.37]Let the back and sides go bare [01:37.87]Let the hands and feet go cold [01:40.95]Give to the belly beer enough [01:42.51]Whether it be new or old [01:45.14] [01:55.45]From the hag and the hungry goblin [01:58.15]That into rags would rend you [02:01.02]And the spirits that stand by the naked man [02:03.28]In the book of moons defend you [02:05.90]That of your five sound senses [02:07.86]You never be forsaken [02:09.67] [02:10.18]Nor travel from yourselves with me [02:12.69] [02:13.25]Abroad to beg your bacon [02:14.81] [02:17.26]Let the back and sides go bare [02:19.52]Let the hands and feet go cold [02:21.41] [02:22.29]Give to the belly beer enough [02:24.73]Whether it be new or old [02:27.41]Let the back and sides go bare [02:29.55]Let the hands and feet go cold [02:31.36] [02:32.73]Give to the belly beer enough [02:35.16]Whether it be new or old