The Jolly Beggar-Reel chords by
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Key: B major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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It's of
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a jolly beggarman came tripping o'er the plain
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He came unto a farmer's
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door a lodging for to gain
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The farmer's daughter she came down
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and viewed him cheek and chin
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She says, He is a handsome
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man. I pray you take him in

Verse 2
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We'll go no more a roving,
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a roving in the night
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We'll go no more a roving,
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let the moon shine so bright
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We'll go no more a roving

Verse 3
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He would not lie within the barn
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nor yet within the byre
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But he would in the corner lie
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down by the kitchen fire
Oh, then the beggar's bed was made
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of good clean sheets and hay
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And down beside the kitchen fire the jolly
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beggar lay

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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The farmer's daughter she got
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up to bolt the kitchen door
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And there she saw the beggar
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standing naked on the floor
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He took the daughter in his arms
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and to the bed he ran
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Kind sir, she says, be easy now,
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you'll waken our goodman

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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Now you are no beggar,
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you are some gentleman
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For you have stolen my maidenhead
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and I  am quite undone
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I am no lord, I am no squire,
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of beggars I be one
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And beggars they be robbers all,
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so you re quite undone

Interlude 3

Verse 6

She took the bed in both her hands

And threw it at the wall

Says "Go you with the beggar man

My maidenhead and all"

Outro 1
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