Song Name: | The Begger (hi-lo) | By: | English folk song |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | D | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2011-08-09 12:18:07 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE BEGGER hi-lo English folk song Key: D
4-4 5 4 6 4 4 -4 -4 4 4 4 7-8 8 7 9 7 7 -8 -8 7 7 7 I’d just as soon be a beg-ger as a king
6 6 -6 -6 -6 7 6 6 7 9 9 -10 -10 -10 10 9 9 10 And the rea-son I’ll tell you for why
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 9 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 A king can-not swag-ger
7 6 6 -5 5 5 10 9 9 -9 8 8 Nor drink like a beg-ger
4 -4 5 4-3 -3” -3”-4 4 7 -8 8 7-7 -6 -6 -8 7 Nor be half so hap-py as I
4 -4 5 4 4 6 7 -8 8 7 7 9 Let the back and the sides
4 -4 4 4 7 -8 7 7 go bare, my boys
6 6 -6 -6 -6 7 6 7 9 9 -10 -10 -10 10 9 10 Let the hands and the feet gang cold
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 9 -10 -10-10 -10 -10 But give to the bel-ly,
7 6 -5 5 10 9 -9 8 boys, beer e-nough
4 -4 5 4-3 -3” -4 4 7 -8 8 7-7 -6 -8 7 Wheth-er it be new or old
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