The Little Beggarman-Tommy Makem

[ti:The Little Beggarman] [ar:Tommy Makem] [al:Legends Of Irish Folk] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Little Beggarman - Tommy Makem [00:03.15]I am a little beggar-man and begging I have been [00:05.94]For three score or more in this little isle of green [00:08.61]I'm known from the liffey down to segue [00:11.21]And I'm known by the name of old johnny dhu [00:13.92]Of all the trade's that's going sure begging is the best [00:16.56]For when a man is tired he can sit down and rest [00:19.21]He can beg for his dinner he has nothing else to do [00:21.77]Only cut around the corner with his old rig a doo [00:24.31] [00:27.03]I slept in the barn down at caurabawn [00:29.86]A wet night came on and I slept 'till the dawn [00:32.23]With holes in the roof and the rain coming through [00:34.78]And the rats and the cats they were playing peek a boo [00:37.56]Who should I waken but the woman of the house [00:39.99]With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse [00:42.66]She began to frighten and I said boo [00:45.30]Aarah don't be afraid mam it's only johnny dhu [00:47.69] [00:50.49]I met a little flaxy haired girl one day [00:53.22]Good morning little flaxy haired girl I did say [00:55.81]Good morning little beggar-man a how do you do [00:58.17]With your rags and you tags and you old rig a doo [01:00.94]I'll buy a pair of leggings a collar and a tie [01:03.35]And a nice young lady I'll fetch by and by [01:05.99]I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll color them blue [01:08.52]And an old fashioned lady I will make her too [01:10.75] [01:13.97]Over the road with my pack on my back [01:16.35]Over the fields with my great heavy sack [01:18.96]With holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through [01:21.23]Singing skinny me rink a doodle o and old johnny dhu [01:23.99]I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night [01:26.46]The fire's all raked and out goes the light [01:29.21]So now you've heard the story of my old rig a doo [01:31.81] [01:32.63]It's good bye and god be with you says old johnny dhu