Rapalje
The Jolly Beggar
It's of a jolly beggarman came tripping o'er the plainHe came unto a farmer's door a lodging for to gainThe farmer's daughter she came down and viewed him cheek and chinShe says: "He is a handsome man I pray you take him in"Chorus:We'll go no more a roving, a roving in the nightWe'll go no more a roving, let the moon shine so brightWe'll go no more a rovingHe would not lie within the barn not yet within the byreBut he would in the corner lie down by the kitchen fireAnd then the beggar's bed was made of good clean sheets and hayAnd down beside the kitchen fire the jolly beggar layChorusThe farmer's daughter she got up to bolt the kitchen doorAnd there she saw the beggar standing naked on the floorHe took the daughter in his arms and to the bed he ranShe says: "Kind sir be easy now, you'll waken our goodman"ChorusOh now you are no beggar, you are some gentlemanFor you have stolen my maidenhead and I am quite undoneSongtexte"I am no lord, I am no squire, of beggars I be oneAnd beggars they be robbers all, so you are quite undone"ChorusHe took the bed in both his hands and threw it at the wallSays: "Go you with your maidenhead, your maidenhead and all"Chorus
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