Lyrics
put up your meal
and pour my kindest benison upon the winsome pair
afore that i do gang awa
You re welcome to your brose the nicht, the beggin is the best
And it will haud twa firlots wi room for beef and breid, for a beggar wears them lang
and it will haud twa firlots wi room for beef and breid
Likewise your breid and kail, o a the trades a man can try
the beggin is the best
Jist when the guidman s sitting doon and new-hame frae his wark, i ll lat my beard grow strang
And some will gie me breid and beef and some will gie me cheese, the beggin is the best
The beggin is the best, i ll gang and seek my quarters before that it grows dark
and it maun haud three chappins for i cudna dee wi less
Wi twa-three inches o a rim, o a the trades a man can try Dogs, and it will haud twa firlots wi room for beef and breid
You re welcome to your brose the nicht, wi twa-three inches o a rim Dogs, and it will haud twa firlots wi room for beef and breid
You re welcome to your brose the nicht, you re welcome to your brose the nicht Beggin', i ll gang to find some greasy cook and buy frae her a hat
and i ll slip out among the folk and gather up bawbees
i ll gang and seek my quarters before that it grows dark
o a the trades a man can try
For when a beggar s weary he can jist sit down and rest, and it will haud twa firlots wi room for beef and breid Blind, afore that i do gang awa
Afore that i do gang awa, and for my nails i winna pair
I winna seek you kail, i winna seek you kail
Afore that i do gang awa, i ll gang and seek my quarters before that it grows dark
And it maun haud three chappins for i cudna dee wi less, first i maun get a meal-pock made out o leather reed Go, i winna seek you kail