The Beggarman

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Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
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I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man
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Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
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I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man
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Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
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I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man
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Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
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I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man

[Verse]
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Well I'm a little beggarman and begging I have been
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for three score or more on this little isle of green.
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And I'm known from the Liffey from the basement to the zoo,
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And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu.
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Of all the trades that's goin' the beggin' is the best,
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For when a man is tired he can sit down and rest
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He can beg for his dinner, he's nothing else to do
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When he comes around the corner with his old rig-a-doo.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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And I met a little flaxy-haired girl one day
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'Well good morning' little flaxy-haired girl, ' did I say,
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'Well good mornin' little beggarman, how do you do,
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with your rags and your bags and your old rig-a-doo.'
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I'll buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a tie,
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And a nice young lady I will fetch by and by.
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I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll color them blue
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And an old fashioned lady I will make of her too.

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I've got the s k y,
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I've got the ro   ad.
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I've got the s k y,
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The world is my home.

[Refrain]
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I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,
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I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,
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I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,
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I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,

[Verse]
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And I slept way down, in a barn at Caurabawn
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A wet night came on and I slept 'till the dawn
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With holes in the roof and the rain coming through
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And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo
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When who should awaken but the woman of the house
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With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse
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She began to frighten and I said "Boo!
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Ah, don't be afraid ma'am it's only Johnny Dhu."

[Refrain]
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Die di die di diddle diddle dum
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Di die di die di diddle diddle dum.
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Diddle dum di diddle diddle dum.
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Di die di die di diddle diddle dum.
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Diddle dum di diddle diddle dum.
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Di die di die di diddle diddle dum.
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Diddle dum di diddle diddle dum.

[Refrain]
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I've got the s k y,
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I've got the ro    ad.
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I've got the s k y,
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The world is my home.

[Instrumental]
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Dm Am  D Gm Dm C Dm
Dm C Dm C D C Fmaj7
Dm Am  D Am Dm C Dm

[Verse]
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And it's over the fields with my pack on my back
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And over the fields with my great heavy sack
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With the holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through
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Singing skinny-me-rink a doodle o for old Johnny Dhu
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I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
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When the fire's all raked and out goes the light
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Now you've heard the story of me old rig-a-doo
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It's goodnight and God be with you from old Johnny Dhu.

[Outro]
(Repeat and fade out.)
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I've got the s k y,
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I've got the ro    ad.
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I've got the s k y,
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The world is my home.