The Jolly Beggar The Jolly Beggar The Jolly Beggar also known as The Gaberlunzieman is Child ballad 279. The song's chorus inspired lines in Lord Byron's poem "So, we'll go no more a roving." A beggar comes over the hills one day, and knocks on the door of a local farmer and asks for a roof for the night. Curiously, he will not accept a bed in the barn, but wishes only to sleep by the kitchen fire. Late at night, the farmer's daughter comes down to lock the kitchen door. The beggar and daughter exchange words, and fall in love. They sleep
Jolly Roving Tar so manly, drest all in his sailor's clothes,<br> His cheeks they were like roses, his eyes as black as sloes,<br> His hair hung down in ringlets, but he is gone afar,<br> And my heart lies in the bosom of my jolly, roving Tar.<br> <br> Come all you jolly sailors, and push the boat ashore,<br> That I may see my father's ships and see they are secure,<br> Provisions we have plenty, and lots of grog in store,<br> So drink good health you sailors, to my jolly, roving Tar."<br> <br> She quickly jumped into the boat and merrily left the land,<br> And