Hi for the Beggarman (traditional)

The night being dark and very cold A woman took pity on a poor old soul She took pity on a poor old soul And asked him to come in

[chorus:] With a too-roo roo-roo rantin hi A too-roo roo-roo rantin hi Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi And hi for the beggarman

He sat him down in a chimney nook He hung his coat upon a hook He hung his coat upon a hook And merrily he did sing

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In the middle of the night the old woman rose She missed the beggarman and all his clothes She clapped and clapped and clapped again Says, "He has me daughter gone"

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Three long years have passed and gone When this old man came back again Asking for a charity: "Would you lodge a beggarman?" "I never lodged any but the one And with that one me daughter's gone With that one me daughter's gone So merrily you may gang"

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"Would you like to see your daughter now With two babies on her knee With two babies on her knee And another one coming on?" "For yonder she sits and yonder she stands The finest lady in all the land Servants there at her command Since she went with the beggarman"

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