X:5
T:The Begger Boy
R:Jig
N:This tune is in the rare Phrygian mode
H:The tune name may derive from the song "The Begger Boy of the North"
H:(c. 1630)
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:90
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/Playford/Begger_Boy.abc	 2025-04-14 091243 UT
K:APhr
AAA f2f | ec2 d2c | AF2 G2G | A2B cA2 ||
AAA f2f | ec2 d2c | Ac2 ede | fA2 G3 |
Acc e>dc | dfg/2f/2 efd | cAF G2G | A2B cA2 ||
W:From ancient pedigree, by due descent
W:I well can derive my generation
W:Throughout all Christendome, and also Kent
W:My calling is known both in terme and vacation
W:My parents old taught me to be bold
W:Ile never be daunted, whatever is spoken
W:Where e're I come, my custome I hold
W:And cry, Good your worship, bestow one token!
W:--Roxburghe Ballads