The Jolly Beggerman

Trad Irish Music
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Greetings! Does anyone know where I can find the words to the reel THE JOLLY BEGGERMAN?

Thank you.

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There are about fifty bazillion versions of that song, sung to forty bazillion different tunes (okay, I’m exaggerating, but not much).

I would suggest you do a Google search for “The Jolly Beggarman” and see what turns up. Here’s one for starters, this looks like it might be the Clancy Brothers version rather than the Planxty version:

http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/irshmidi/begrman.htm

That search turned up nearly 300 other entries…you can browse around til you find the version you like.

Edit: Ah, here’s the Planxty version, I think:

http://www.btinternet.com/~Patrick.Devlin/irishmidi/thejollybeggarman.htm


[ This Message was edited by: bradhurley on 2003-02-07 09:16 ]

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Check this one out:

http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5889

That is the one I hear sung a lot (sometimes called Johnny Dhu), to the tune also called The Redhaired Boy.

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Thanks, Brad and Bloomfield.