Guilty of thread drift a wee bit, but there's also Robert Burns' "Jolly Beggars Cantata": see:

http://www.robertburns.org/works/79.shtml
and http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/JollyBeggarsThe.481.shtml

and the song "Tae the beggin' I will Go" - here performed by OldB lind Dogs with Jim Malcolm on lead vocals: click on "more" to see the lyrics (if ye cannae follae the braid Scots!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5biSoW1926I