title: The Beggerkey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Dskill: AnyEnglish folk songKey: D-56 -6* -5 -7 -5 -5 6 6 -5 -5 -5I’d just as soon be a beg-ger as a king-7 -7 -8 -8 -8 -9 -7 -7 -9And the rea-son I’ll tell you for why-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8A king can-not swag-ger-9 -7 -7 7 -6* -6*Nor drink like a beg-ger-5 6 -6*-55* -4 -4 6 -5Nor be half so hap-py as I -5 6 -6* -5 -5 -7Let the back and the sides -5 6 -5 -5go bare, my boys-7 -7 -8 -8 -8 -9 -7 -9Let the hands and the feet gang cold-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8But give to the bel-ly, -9 -7 7 -6*boys, beer e-nough -5 6 -6*-55* -4 6 -5Wheth-er it be new or old