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From the singing of Edmund Doucette, Miminegash, Prince Edward Island. In Edward D (Sandy) Ives, Drive Dull Care Away, pp. 72–73.

A variant of “Hind Horn,” Child 17.

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The Old Beggar Man

“Where were you born and where were you bred?”
“In Scotland town in a foreign counteree
In Scotland town where I was born
There t’were a maid and she gave to me a ring.”

“If this ring proves bright and clear
You’ll know that I am true to thee my dear
If this ring proves pale and worn
You’ll know that your true love is with another man.”

I shipped on board and away sailed I
I sailed away to a foreign counteree
I looked at the ring, it was pale and worn
I knew that my true love was with another man.

I shipped on board and back sailed I
I sailed ’til I came to my own counteree
One day as I was a-riding along
Who did I meet but a poor old beggar man.

“What news, what news have you got today?
What news have you got for me today?”
“Sad news, sad news, I’ve got today
Tomorrow is your true lover’s wedding day.”

“Come put on this riding suit
And I’ll put on the beggar’s suit.”
“The riding suit’s not fit for me
The beggar’s suit’s not fit for thee.”

“What care I if it’s right or wrong.”
The beggar’s suit he did put on
He toddled away at a weary rate
He set down his pack at yonder gate.

And he begged from the parlour, he begged from the hall
He begged from the poorest and richest of them all
But as for wine he’d take none at all
Unless he could get it from the bride’s own hand.

Down came the bride a-tripping down the stairs
With rings on her fingers and gold in her hair
And in her hand a glass of wine
To give it to the poor old beggar man.

Out of the glass he drank the wine
And into the glass he slipped the ring
“Did you get it by land or on sea
Or did you take it off a drowned man’s hand?”

“I didn’t get it by land or on sea
I didn’t take it off a drowned man’s hand
I got it from my true love on our courting day
And given it back to her on her wedding day.”

Rings from her fingers she did pull off
And gold from her hair she did let fall
“I’ll follow my true love wherever he may go
Although he begs our bread from door to door.”

Between the kitchen and the hall
The beggar’s suit he did let fall
The gold that shone was the finest of all
He was the fairest young man in the hall.

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from Safe & Sound: Traditional Canadian Folk Songs, released April 1, 2022
Maura Volante, vocals

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Maura Volante Ottawa, Ontario

Maura Volante is a singer of traditional folk songs, with a focus on those collected in Canada. She discovered folk music in the 1960s and has deepened her understanding over the decades. Maura has performed at festivals, coffee houses, concerts and living rooms all over Canada (and worldwide on Zoom), as well as passing on her knowledge and enthusiasm through workshops, courses and lessons. ... more

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