Chords for Planxty - The Jolly Beggar/The Wise Maid (trad. reel)

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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ The voice of a jolly beggar [E] man came tripping [B] o'er the plain.
He came unto [E] a farmer's [B] door, a lodging-fort again.
The farmer's daughter, she came [E] down and viewed him [B] cheek and chin.
She says, he [E] is a handsome [B] man, I pray you take him in.
We'll go no more a-roving, [E] a [G#m]-roving in the night.
[B] We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon shine, surprise!
We'll go no more a-roving.
He would not lie within the [E] barn, nor yet within [B] the byre.
But he would [E] in the corner [B] lie down by the kitchen fire.
Oh, then the beggar's bed was made of good clean sheets and hay.
And down [E] beside the kitchen [B] fire the jolly beggar lay.
We'll go no more a [E]-roving, a-roving [B] in the night.
We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon shine, surprise!
We'll go no more a-roving.
The farmer's daughter, she got up to mope the kitchen door.
And there she [E] saw the beggar [B] standing naked on the floor.
He took the daughter in his arms and to the bed he ran.
Kind sir, she [E] says, be easy [B] now, you'll wake an hour a good man.
We'll go no more a-roving, [E] a-roving [B] in the night.
We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon [F#] shine, [B] surprise!
We'll go no more a-roving. _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ Now you are no beggar, [E] you are some [B] gentle man.
For you have stole [E] my [B] maidenhead and I am quite undone.
I am the lord, I am the [E] squire of beggar's [B] Ivy One.
And beggar's [E] Navy Robber's [B] all, so you are quite undone.
We'll go no more a-roving, [E] a [B]-roving in the night.
We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon shine, surprise!
We'll go no more a-roving.
She took the bed in both her [E] hands and threw it at [B] the wall.
Says, go you [E] with the beggar [B] man, my maidenhead and all.
We'll go no more a-roving, [E] a-roving [B] in the night.
We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon shine, surprise!
We'll go no more a-roving. _ _ _ _
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