[INTRO:]  C

[VERSE 1:]
                              G
The night being dark and very cold

A woman took pity on a poor old soul
C
She took pity on a poor old soul 
              G       C
And asked him to come in
 
 
[CHORUS:]
                                G
With his too-roo roo-roo rantin hi

And a too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
C
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
               G     C
And hi for the beggarman


[VERSE 2:]
                             G
He sat him down in a chimney nook
   
He hung his coat upon a hook
   C
He hung his coat upon a hook 
            G      C
And merrily he did sing
 

[CHORUS:]
                              G
Ah ha, too-roo roo-roo rantin hi

Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
C
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
               G     C
And hi for the beggarman


[VERSE 3:]
                                         G
In the middle of the night the old woman rose

She missed the beggarman and all his clothes
    C
She clapped and clapped and clapped again
                 G        C
Says, "He has me daughter gone"


[CHORUS:]
                                G
With his too-roo roo-roo rantin hi

Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
C
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
               G     C
And hi for the beggarman


[VERSE 4:]
                                 G
Three long years have passed and gone

When this old man came back again
C
Asking for a charity
                   G     C
"Would you lodge a beggarman?"


[VERSE 5:]
                            G
"I never lodged any but the one

And with that one me daughter's gone
C
With that one me daughter's gone
           G       C
So merrily you may gang"


[CHORUS:]
                                 G
With your too-roo roo-roo rantin hi

Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
C
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
               G     C
And hi for the beggarman


[VERSE 5:]
                                     G
"Would you like to see your daughter now

With two babbies on her knee
C
With two babbies on her knee 
            G      C
And another coming on?"


[VERSE 5:]
                                    G
"For yonder she sits and yonder she stands

The finest lady in all the land
C
Servants there at her command 
                        G     C
Since she went with the beggarman"


[CHORUS:]
                                G
With his too-roo roo-roo rantin hi

And a too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
C
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi
               G     C
And hi for the beggarman