Cantaria: Traditional: Tae the Beggin' I Will Go

Tae the Beggin' I Will Go

If the beggin' be as good a trade
As I have heard them say,
It's time that I was on the road
And joggin' doon the brae,
To the beggin' I will go, will go,
To 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.

And if there be a weddin'
And me chance to be there;
I'll rise amang the weddin' folk
And bless the happy pair,
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

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