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Thread #54733   Message #3980751
Posted By: Jim Carroll
07-Mar-19 - 10:15 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Jolly Beggarman (Irish)
Subject: RE: Origins: Jolly Beggarman (Irish)
I'm Looking for a song 'There Was an Old Beggarman Weary and Wet' ( version of The Gaberlunzie Man)
The tune is given in Petrie's 'Ancient Music of Ireland' (p 116), along with two verses and a chorus given to Petrie by Irish poet, William Allingham'

It was an old beggarman, weary and wet,
And down by the fireside he sat;
He threw down his bags and his oaken staff,
And merrily he did sing.

Chorus.
With his pipe in his jaw, and his jaw full of smoke,
And his beard that hung down to the breast of his cloak,
His bag on his back, and his staff in his hand,
He’s a jolly old beggarman, O !

My dear, said he, if I were as free
As when I first came to this countrie,
I’d dress you up all beggarly,
And away with me you should gang.
Chorus. With his pipe in his jaw, &c.

Does anybody know if there are any more verses to this particular version
Any help would be appreciated
Jim Carroll