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THE BEGGARMAN
Copyright © 2001 by HAL LEONARD CORPORATION Irish folksong

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score or more
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3. I met a lit - tie flax - y - haired_ girl_ one _ day; "Good morn - ing, lit - tie flax
4. o ver the road _ with my pack_ on my back, __ o ver the fields

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isle
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slept_ till the dawn, With holes in the roof and the rain com - ing through And the
girl," _ I did say. "Good morn - ing, lit - tie beg - gar - man, a how do you do, With your
great_ heav - y sack, With holes in my shoes and my toes peep - ing through, Sing - ing,

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known by the name of old John - ny Dhu. Of all the trades that's go - in' now, sure
rats and the cats, they were play - ing peek - a - boo. When who _ should a - wa - ken but the
rags and your bags and your old rig - a - doo?" "I'll buy a pair of leg gins, a
"Skin-ny-ma-rink-a - doo - dle- 0 and old John - ny Dhu." I must be going to bed,_ for it's

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the Ah, for when a man is
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beg - gin' is best. tired, he can sit down and rest,
wom - an of the house, With her white_ spot - ty a pron, her cal i - co blouse;
col - lar and a tie, And a nice_ young_ la dy I'll fetch by and by. I'll
get - ting late at night; The_ fire's_ all _ _ raked and __ out goes the light. So

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Beg for his din - ner, he has noth - ing else to do, On - Iy cut a - round the cor - ner with his
She be - gan to fright en and I __ said, _ "Boo! Ar rah don't be a - fraid, _ ma'am, it's
buy a pair of gog gles and col or them blue, And an old fash-ioned la - dy I will
now you've heard the sto - ry of my old_ rig - a - doo; "It's good - bye and God be with _ you," says

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make
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rig - a - doo.
on - Iy John - ny Dhu."
her __ too.
John - ny Dhu.
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