G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
O' a' the trades a man can try, the beggin' is the best
G C
For when a beggar's weary he can jist sit down and rest
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
First I maun get a meal-pock made oot o' leather reed
G C
And it will haud twa firlots wi' room for beef and breid
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
Afore that I do gang awa, I'll lat my beard grow strang
G C
And for my nails I winna pair, for a beggar wears them lang
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
I'll gang to find some greasy cook and buy frae her a hat
G C
Wi' twa-three inches o' a rim, a' glitterin' owre wi' fat
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
Syne I'll gang to a turner and gar him mak a dish
G C
And it maun haud three chappins for I cudna dee wi' less
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
I'll gang and seek my quarters before that it grows dark
G C
Jist when the guidman's sitting doon and new-hame frae his wark
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
Syne I'll tak oot my muckle dish and stap it fu' o' meal
G C
And say, "Guidwife, gin ye gie me bree, I winna seek you kail"
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
And maybe the guidman will say, "Puirman, put up your meal
G C
You're welcome to your brose the nicht, likewise your breid and kail"
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
If there's a wedding in the toon, I'll airt me to be there
G C
And pour my kindest benison upon the winsome pair
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
[Verse]
C G C
And some will gie me breid and beef and some will gie me cheese
G C
And I'll slip out among the folk and gather up bawbees
G C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
C
To the beggin' I will go, go
G
To the beggin' I will go
