G
To the beggin' I will go

[Verse]
                   C                G              C
O' a' the trades a man can try, the beggin' is the best
    G               C
For when a beggar's weary he can jist sit down and rest
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

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                   C              G              C
First I maun get a meal-pock made oot o' leather reed
    G                C
And it will haud twa firlots wi' room for beef and breid
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

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                C              G                 C
Afore that I do gang awa, I'll lat my beard grow strang
    G              C
And for my nails I winna pair, for a beggar wears them lang
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

[Verse]
                       C               G              C
I'll gang to find some greasy cook and buy frae her a hat
    G                C
Wi' twa-three inches o' a rim, a' glitterin' owre wi' fat
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

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                    C          G             C
Syne I'll gang to a turner and gar him mak a dish
    G                  C
And it maun haud three chappins for I cudna dee wi' less
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

[Verse]
                      C          G                  C
I'll gang and seek my quarters before that it grows dark
     G                  C
Jist when the guidman's sitting doon and new-hame frae his wark
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

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                     C               G              C
Syne I'll tak oot my muckle dish and stap it fu' o' meal
          G                C
And say, "Guidwife, gin ye gie me bree, I winna seek you kail"
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

[Verse]
                  C                  G                C
And maybe the guidman will say, "Puirman, put up your meal
       G               C
You're welcome to your brose the nicht, likewise your breid and kail"
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

[Verse]
                            C          G             C
If there's a wedding in the toon, I'll airt me to be there
    G               C
And pour my kindest benison upon the winsome pair
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go

[Verse]
                     C                  G                C
And some will gie me breid and beef and some will gie me cheese
    G              C
And I'll slip out among the folk and gather up bawbees
       G              C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go
                      C
To the beggin' I will go, go
                      G
To the beggin' I will go