Lyr Req: Jolly Beggar

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: It's the beggerman again
From: fairy godmother
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 03:05 PM

To Jeri It was Planxty, love it!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: It's the beggerman again
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 01:39 PM

Norman Kennedy sings it on his Folk-Legacy album (FSS-34), now available as a "custom cassette" with the original booklet of notes and texts. Check "custom" on our web site and have a look around. A percentage goes to Mudcat, you know. Click here: Folk-Legacy Hope this works!

Sandy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: It's the beggerman again
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Aug 99 - 08:06 AM

It sounds like the same version - (oh heck, was it Planxty, or the Bothy Band?) - did.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: It's the beggerman again
From:
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 11:31 PM

The song is "The Jolly Beggar", Child #279, but not all versions have that chorus. The earliest that does, and has a tune, is that 'The Scots Musical Museum', #266. There are about 30 texts with tunes and about a half-dozen more tunes in Bronson's 'The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads'.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: It's the beggerman again
From: 1979
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:56 PM

Sorry, found it!

Subject: I checked it all out
From: 1979
Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:51 PM

I checked out all the songs under the title of beggerman and the jolly begger and nothin' came out of it. I'm looking fo ra song that has the chorus.

I'll go no more a rovin', rovin' in the night

I'll go no more a rovin' let the moon shine so bright

I'll go no more a rovin'.