The Jolly Beggar - Reel Chords by Planxty

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_ _ _ It's of a jolly beggar man [E] came tripping o'er [B] the plain.
He came unto [E] a farmer's [B] door, a lodging-port again.
The farmer's daughter, she came down [E] and viewed him cheek [B] and chin.
She says, he is [E] a [B] handsome man, I pray you take him in.
We'll go no more a-roving, [G#m] a-roving in the night.
[B] We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon shine so bright.
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-roving, [E] a-roving [B] in the night.
We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon shine so bright.
We'll go no more a-roving.
The farmer's daughter, she got up below the kitchen door.
And there she [E] saw the beggar [B] standing naked on the floor.
He took the daughter in his arms and [E] to the [G#m] bed he ran.
[B] Kind sir, she [E] says, be easy [B] now, you'll wake an hour good man.
We'll go no more a [E]-roving, a-roving [G#] in the night.
[B] We'll go no [E] more a-roving, [B] let the moon [F#] shine so [B] bright.
We'll go no more a-roving.
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Now you are no beggar, [E] you are some [B] gentle man.
For you have [E] stole my maiden [B] hand and I am quite undone.
I am the lord, I am the [E] squire of beggars [B] I be one.
And beggars [E] they be robbers [B] all, so you are quite undone.
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 so bright.
We'll go no more a-roving.
She took the bed in both her hands and [E] threw it [B] at the wall.
Says go you [E] with the beggar [B] man, my maiden head and all.
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 so bright.
We'll go no more a-roving.
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