The Jolly Beggar
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
EADGBe
:133211 or XX3211
same as chorus progression):
There was a jolly beggarman
Came tripping o'er the plain
He came unto a farmer's door
A lodging for to gain
The farmer's daughter she came down
And viewed him cheek and chin
She says "He is a handsome man
I pray you take him in"
We'll go no more a roving
A roving in the night
We'll go no more a roving
Let the moon shine so bright
We'll go no more a roving
He would not lie within the barn
Nor yet within the byre
But he would in the corner lie
Down by the kitchen fire
O then the beggar's bed was made
Of good clean sheets and hay
And down beside the kitchen fire
The jolly beggar lay
We'll go no more a roving
A roving in the night
We'll go no more a roving
Let the moon shine so bright
We'll go no more a roving
The farmer's daughter she got up
To bolt the kitchen door
And there she saw the beggar
Standing naked on the floor
He took the daughter in his arms
And to the bed he ran
Kind sir, she says, be easy now
You'll waken our good man
We'll go no more a roving
A roving in the night
We'll go no more a roving
Let the moon shine so bright
We'll go no more a roving
Now you are no beggar
You are some gentleman
For you have stolen my maidenhead
And I am quite undone
I am no lord, I am no squire
Of beggars I be one
And beggars they be robbers all
So now you're quite undone
Last Chorus:
We'll go no more a roving
A roving in the night
We'll go no more a roving
Let the moon shine so bright
We'll go no more a roving
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Readable chord sheet for The Jolly Beggar by Planxty
EADGBe [F]:133211 or XX3211 [C][G][C][E][G][C] same as chorus progression): [C] [C] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [C] There [C]was a jolly beggarman Came [F]tripping o'er the [G]plain He c[C]ame unto a[F] farmer's door A l[C]odging for to [G]gain The [C]farmer's daughter she came down And [F]viewed him cheek and [G]chin She [C]says "He is a h[F]andsome man I p[C]ray you take him i[G]n" We'll [C]go no more a roving A r[F]oving in the [G]night We'll[C] go no more a [F]roving Let the [C]moon shine so b[G]right We'll [C]go no more a roving He w[C]ould not lie within the barn Nor [F]yet within the [G]byre But h[C]e would in the [F]corner lie Dow[C]n by the kitchen [G]fire O [C]then the beggar's bed was made Of g[F]ood clean sheets and [G]hay And[C] down beside the [F]kitchen fire The [C]jolly beggar [G]lay We'll [C]go no more a roving A r[F]oving in the [G]night We'll[C] go no more a [F]roving Let the [C]moon shine so b[G]right We'll [C]go no more a roving The [C]farmer's daughter she got up To [F]bolt the kitchen [G]door And [C]there she saw th[F]e beggar Standing [G]naked on the [G]floor He [C]took the daughter in his arms And[F] to the bed he [G]ran Kind[C] sir, she says, be [F]easy now You'll [C]waken our good [G]man We'll [C]go no more a roving A r[F]oving in the [G]night We'll[C] go no more a [F]roving Let the [C]moon shine so b[G]right We'll [C]go no more a roving Now [C]you are no beggar You [F]are some g[G]entleman For [C]you have stolen my [F]maidenhead And [C]I am quite u[G]ndone I [C]am no lord, I am no squire Of [F]beggars I be [G]one And[C] beggars they be r[F]obbers all So n[C]ow you're quite [G]undone Last Chorus: We'll [C]go no more a roving A r[F]oving in the [G]night We'll [C]go no more a r[F]oving Let the [C]moon shine so [G]bright We'll g[C]o no [G]more a [C]roving