Here's a version from Sam Henry's Songs of the People

A BEGGARMAN CAM' OWER THE LEA

Oh, a beggarman cam' ower the lea,
An' he toul tidin's unto me,
He was luckin' for a help an' a charitee,
Wud ye lodge a beggarman?

Wae m' nantanoora-noora-nee,
Nanta—noora-noora-nee,
Wae m' nanta-noora-rtoora-nee,
Wud ye lodge a beggarman?

Oh, the oul' wife wudnae let me stay,
An' the young yin wudnae let me gae,
So Ah throwed m' meal-poke tae the wa',
And I began tae sing.

Early nixt mor[n]in' the oul wife rose,
She missed the beggar and his clothes,
First tae the cupboard an' then tae the chist,
Naethin' ava there could be missed,
Wasn't he the honest oul' man?

When the kettle was boiled an' the breakfast made,
She went to waken the young fair maid,
But ah! a shout the mither gaed,
She's awa' wi' the beggarman.

Now seven long years was passed an' gone,
The beggar he cam' back again,
He was luckin' for a help an' a charitee,
Wud ye lodge a beggarman?

Oh, beggar, Ah'l lodge nane ava,
The last Ah lodged taen mae dauchter awa',
The last Ah lodged taen mae dauchter awa',
On' Ah think you're the very oul' man.

1.2: toul = told.
1.3: luckin' = looking.
3.1: nixt = next.
3.3: chist = chest.
3.4: naethin' = nothing.

k: "Gaberlunzie Man," "The Beggarman."
Other titles: "The Auld (Dirty) (Ragged) Beggarman Gaberlunzie)," "The Barley Straw ," "The Beggar Laddie (Man) ," "He Wadna Lie in Barn," "The Jolly Beggar."

Source: George Graham (Cross Lane, Coleraine)from his grandfather, Joe Wilson (Roddenfoot, Ballymoney) from his grandfather (Ballymoney).
3 June 1939

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I had to do a lot of looking to figure out what k: meant in the notes - it designates the titles Peter Kennedy gives to the song. Go figure.