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Intro

same as chorus progression):

Verse 1

 There was a jolly beggarman

 Came tripping o'er the plain

 He came unto a farmer's door

 A lodging for to gain

 The farmer's daughter she came down

 And viewed him cheek and chin

 She says "He is a handsome man

 I pray you take him in"

Chorus

 We'll go no more a roving

 A roving in the night

 We'll go no more a roving

 Let the moon shine so bright

 We'll go no more a roving

Verse 2

 He would not lie within the barn

 Nor yet within the byre

 But he would in the corner lie

 Down by the kitchen fire

 O then the beggar's bed was made

 Of good clean sheets and hay

 And down beside the kitchen fire

 The jolly beggar lay

Chorus

 We'll go no more a roving

 A roving in the night

 We'll go no more a roving

 Let the moon shine so bright

 We'll go no more a roving

Verse 3

 The farmer's daughter she got up

 To bolt the kitchen door

 And there she saw the beggar

 Standing naked on the floor

 He took the daughter in his arms

 And to the bed he ran

 Kind sir, she says, be easy now

 You'll waken our good man

Chorus

 We'll go no more a roving

 A roving in the night

 We'll go no more a roving

 Let the moon shine so bright

 We'll go no more a roving

Verse 4

 Now you are no beggar

 You are some gentleman

 For you have stolen my maidenhead

 And I am quite undone

 I am no lord, I am no squire

 Of beggars I be one

 And beggars they be robbers all

 So now you're quite undone

Last Chorus:

 We'll go no more a roving

 A roving in the night

 We'll go no more a roving

 Let the moon shine so bright

 We'll go no more a roving