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Well, I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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I'm a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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Well, I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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I'm a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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Well, I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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I'm a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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Well, I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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I'm a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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Well, I'm a little beggarman and begging I have been |
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I've three score or more on this little isle of green |
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And I'm known from the Liffey from the basement to the zoo |
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And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu |
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Of all the trades that's goin' the beggin' is the best |
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For when a man is tired he can sit down and rest |
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He can beg for his dinner, he's nothing else to do |
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When he comes around the corner with his old rig-a-doo |
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I met a little flaxy haired girl one day |
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'Well good morning' little flaxy haired girl', I did say |
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'Well good mornin', little beggarman and how do you do |
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With your rags and your bags and your old rig-a-doo" |
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I'll buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a tie |
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And a nice young lady I will fetch by and by |
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I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll color them blue |
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And an old fashioned lady I will make of her too |
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I've got the sky, I've got the road |
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I've got the sky, the world is my home |
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Well, I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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I'm a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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Well, I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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I'm a little beggar, beggarman, I am a beggarman |
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And I slept way down, in a barn at Caurabawn |
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A wet night came on and I slept till the dawn |
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With the holes in the roof and the rain coming through |
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And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo |
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Who should awaken but the woman of the house |
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With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse |
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She began to frighten and I said, "Boo |
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Ah, don't be afraid ma'am it's only Johnny Dhu" |
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I've got the sky, I've got the moon |
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I've got the sky, the world is my home |
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And it's over the fields with my pack on my back |
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And over the fields with my great heavy sack |
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With the holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through |
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Singing, "[Incomprehensible] doodle o for old Johnny Dhu" |
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I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night |
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When the fire's all raked and out goes the light |
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Now you've heard the story of me old rig-a-doo |
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It's goodnight and God be with you from old Johnny Dhu |
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I've got the sky, I've got the road |
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I've got the sky, the world is my home |
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I've got the sky, I've got the road |
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I've got the sky, the world is my home |
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I've got the sky, I've got the road |