Tae the Beggin' I Will Go

And if a' the time we'll gang awa' 
I'll let my hair grow lang, 
I will not pare my nails at a' 
For the beggars wear them lang, 
To the beggin' I will go, will go, 
To the beggin' I will go.

I'll gang to the tailors, 
They call him Arnie Gray; 
I'll gat him mak' a coat to me 
That will help me night and day, 
To the beggin' I will go, will go, 
To the beggin' I will go. 

It's some'll give me beef and breed, 
And some'll give me cheese, 
And out amang the weddin' folk 
I'll gather bawbees¹, 
To the beggin'I will go, will go, 
To the beggin' I will go. 

And if a'come on as weel's a'like 
It's I'll come back and tell; 
But gin a gin a dae that² 
I'll keep it to mysel', 
To the beggin' I will go, will go, 
To the beggin' I will go.

1 bawbees: half pennies
2 gin a gin a dae that: if it doesn't do that