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The Begging Song

from This Life by Kim Lowings

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    This Life is the debut album by Kim Lowings & The Greenwood.
    12 tracks including originals such as Phoenix & Did you ever? & arrangements of traditional folk songs such as Devil & The Ploughman & The Begging Song.
    Photography by Link Blackburn.
    Art work by Kim Lowings/Mitchel Neate.

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The Begging song is sometimes known as The Jovial Beggar. It is a song about a beggars life with the refrain 'a begging I will go'.

lyrics

Of all the trades in England
a begging is the best
for when a beggar's tired
you can lay him down to rest

& a begging I will go
& a begging I will go x2

I've a pocket for me oatmeal
another for me rye
a bottle by me side that I can
drink when I am dry

& a begging I will go
& a begging I will go x2

I've patches on me back
& a black patch on me knee
& when you come to take me home
I'll drink as well as thee

& a begging I will go
& a begging I will go x2

I sleep beneath an open tree
& there I pay no rent
& providence provides for me
& I am well content

& a begging I will go
& a begging I will go x2

I fear no plots against me
for I live an open cell
& who would be a King then
when beggars live so well?

& a begging I will go
& a begging I will go x2

Of all the trades in England
a begging is the best
for when a beggar's tired
you can lay him down to rest

& a begging I will go
& a begging I will go x12

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from This Life, released August 25, 2012

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Kim Lowings England, UK

Born and raised in the West Midlands, Kim Lowings has built up a national reputation with its roots at the heart of the country. She is perhaps best known for her work with The Greenwood and ‘folk supergroup’ The Company Of Players. Using the piano, guitar and trademark mountain dulcimer, she sings songs of love, loss and rebellion; tales old and new. Each with a modern twist and a purpose. ... more

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