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The Auld Beggarman by June Tabor feat. Andy Cutting, Mark Emerson & Tim Harries
The Auld Beggarman
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
[Intro]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
Oh, as I was a-linking o'er the lea
D
The finest weel that ever I did see
G
Looking for his charity
C D G
"Would you lodge a lame poor man?"
[Verse]
C
For the night being wet and it being cold
D
She took pity on the poor old soul
G
She took pity on the poor old soul
C D G
And she bade him to sit down
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
And a tooran nooran-i-do
[Verse]
C
He sat him down in the chimbley nook
D
The bonnie young daughter gave him a look
G
He's thrown his bags behind a crook
C D G
And merrily he did sing
[Verse]
C
Oh, he grew canty and she was fain
D
But little did the old mother ken
G
Just what the two of them were saying
C D G
As they sat sae thrag
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
C D G
As they sat sae thrag
[Verse]
C
“Oh, if I was as black as I am white
D
Just like the snow on yon fell-dyke
G
I'd dress myself so beggar-like
C D G
And away with you I'd gang”
[Verse]
C
“Oh, lassie, lassie, you're far too young
D
And you haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
G
You haven't got the lilt of the begging tongue
C D G
So with me you cannot gang”
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
With me you cannot gang”
[Verse]
C
“I'll burden my back and I'll bend my knee
D
Put a black patch on my e'e
G
And for a beggar they'll take me
C D G
And away with you I'll gang”
[Chorus]
C D
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
G
With a tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
And away with you I'll gang”
[Instrumental]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
For all that the doors were locked quite tight
D
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
G
The old woman rose in the middle of the night
C D G
But to find the old man gone
[Verse]
C
Oh, she's run to the cupboard, likewise to the chest
D
All things there and nothing missed
G
Clapping her hands, "And the dear be blessed
C D G
Wasn't he an honest old man?"
[Chorus]
C
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
C D G
Wasn't he an honest old man?"
[Verse]
C
Oh, the breakfast was ready and the table laid
D
The old woman went for to waken the maid
G
The bed was there but the maid was gone
C D G
Away with the lame poor man
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
Away with the lame poor man
[Instrumental]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
C
Now seven years were passed and gone
D
This old beggar come back again
G
Looking for his charity
C D G
“Would you lodge a lame poor man?”
[Verse]
C
“Oh, I never lodged any but the one
D
And with him my one daughter did gang
G
And I choose you to be the very one
C D G
And I'll have you to be gone”
[Chorus]
C D
With a tooran nooran nan tan nee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
I'll have you to be gone
[Verse]
C
“If your one daughter you want to see
D
She has two bairnies on her knee
G
She has two bairnies on her knee
C D G
And a third one coming round
[Verse]
C
“Yonder she sits, yonder she stands
D
The fairest lady in all Scotland
G
She has servants at her command
C D G
Since she went with the lame poor man”
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D G
Fol a doo-a-dee
G
Nan tan nee
C D G
Since she went with the lame poor man”
[Chorus]
C
And a tooran nooran nan tan nee
D
Right ton nooran fol a doo-a-dee
G
Tooran nooran nooran nee
C D G
Tooran nooran-i-do
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