The Little Beggarman Lyrics - High Kings - The High Kings

I am a little beggarman, a-begging I have been 

For three score or more in this little isle of green 

I'm known from the Liffey down to Segue 

And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu 

Of all the trades that's going, I'm sure begging is the best 

For when a man is tired, he can sit down and rest 

He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do 

Only cut around the corner with his old rig-a-doo 

I slept in the barn right down at Caurabawn 

A wet night came on and I slept until the dawn 

With holes in the roof and the rain coming through 

And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo 

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When who did I waken but the woman of the house 

With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse 

She began to frighten, I said, "Boo 

Ara, don't be afraid, ma'am, it's only Johnny Dhu" 

I met a little flaxy-haired girl one day 

"Good morning, little flaxy-haired girl," I did say 

"Good morning, little beggarman, and how do you do 

With your rags and your tags and your old rig-a-doo?" 

I'll buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a tie 

And a nice young lady I'll fetch by and by 

I'll buy a pair of goggles, I'll color them blue 

And an old-fashioned lady I will make her, too 

Over the road with me pack on me back 

Over the fields with me great, heavy sack 

With holes in me shoes and me toes peeping through 

Singing, "Skinny-me-rink-a-doodle-o and old Johnny Dhu" 

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I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night 

The fire's all raked and out goes the light 

So now you've heard the story of me old rig-a-doo 

"It's good-bye and God be with you," says old Johnny Dhu 

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