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I am a little beggarman and beggin I have been For three score years in this little isle of green I'm known along the Liffey from the basin to the zoo And I'm known by the name of the Bold Johnnie Dhu My brother called "The Jolly Beggar" tripped over the plain He comes unto the farmer's doors a lodging for a gain Sometimes the farmers' daughter views him cheek and chin Songtexte And calls him a handsome man and takes him in Of all trades a going sure the begging is the best For when a man is tired he can sit down and rest He begs for his dinner, he has nothing else to do But to slip around the corner with his old rigadoo I slept last night in a barn in Currabawn T' was a shocking wet night but I slept until the dawn Holes in a roof and the rain coming through And the rats and the cats were all playing peek-a-boo Oh when I was awaken by the woman of the house With her white spotted apron and her fine gingham blouse She began to frighten, all I said was: "Boo" Don't be afraid, cause it's only Johnny Dhu I met a little flaxen-haired girl on day "Good morning, little flaxen-haired girl" I did say "Good morning, little beggarman, and how do you do With your rags and your tags and your old rigadoo?" "I'll buy pair of leggins and a collar and a tie And a nice young lady I'll go courting by and by I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll colour them blue And an old-fashioned lady I will make her too So all along the highroad with my bag upon my back And over the fields with my heavy bulging sack Holes in my shoes and the toes peeping through Singing "Skin-ma-link-a-dooddle" with my old rigadoo Oh I must be gone to bed now for it's getting late at night The fire's all raked and there isn't any light For now you've heard the story of my old rigadoo So good night and God be with you from old Johnny Dhu Aus Songtexte Mania