It's of a jolly beggarman came tripping o'er the plainnHe came unto a farmer's door a lodging for to gainnThe farmer's daughter she came down and viewed him cheek and chinnShe says, He is a handsome man. I pray you take him innnWe'll go no more a roving, a roving in the nightnWe'll go no more a roving, let the moon shine so brightnWe'll go no more a rovingnnHe would not lie within the barn nor yet within the byrenBut he would in the corner lie down by the kitchen fireno then the beggar's bed was made of good clean sheets and haynAnd down beside the kitchen fire the jolly beggar laynnThe farmer's daughter she got up to bolt the kitchen doornAnd there she saw the beggar standing naked on the floornHe took the daughter in his arms and to the bed he rannKind sir, she says, be easy now, you'll waken our goodmannnNow you are no beggar, you are some gentlemannFor you have stolen my maidenhead and I am quite undonenI am no lord, I am no squire, of beggars I be onenAnd beggars they be robbers all, so you re quite undonennshe took the bed and threw it to the wallnsaid go you beggar go the well
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