Tabbed by: Stud_Muffin Tuning: EADGBe, but I perform it in my version of open C (CGCEGC, which is a whole step down from open D, as opposed to the more traditional open C tuning, CGCGCE) Intro (same as chorus progression): C5 C5 F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 G5 C5 C5 Verse 1: C5 There was a jolly beggarman F5 G5 Came tripping o'er the plain C5 F5 He came unto a farmer's door C5 G5 A lodging for to gain C5 The farmer's daughter she came down F5 G5 And viewed him cheek and chin C5 F5 She says "He is a handsome man C5 G5 I pray you take him in" Chorus: C5 We'll go no more a roving F5 G5 A roving in the night C5 F5 We'll go no more a roving C5 G5 Let the moon shine so bright C5 We'll go no more a roving Verse 2: C5 He would not lie within the barn F5 G5 Nor yet within the byre C5 F5 But he would in the corner lie C5 G5 Down by the kitchen fire C5 O then the beggar's bed was made F5 G5 Of good clean sheets and hay C5 F5 And down beside the kitchen fire C5 G5 The jolly beggar lay Chorus: C5 We'll go no more a roving F5 G5 A roving in the night C5 F5 We'll go no more a roving C5 G5 Let the moon shine so bright C5 We'll go no more a roving Verse 3: C5 The farmer's daughter she got up F5 G5 To bolt the kitchen door C5 F5 And there she saw the beggar G5 G5 Standing naked on the floor C5 He took the daughter in his arms F5 G5 And to the bed he ran C5 F5 Kind sir, she says, be easy now C5 G5 You'll waken our good man Chorus: C5 We'll go no more a roving F5 G5 A roving in the night C5 F5 We'll go no more a roving C5 G5 Let the moon shine so bright C5 We'll go no more a roving Verse 4: C5 Now you are no beggar F5 G5 You are some gentleman C5 F5 For you have stolen my maidenhead C5 G5 And I am quite undone C5 I am no lord, I am no squire F5 G5 Of beggars I be one C5 F5 And beggars they be robbers all C5 G5 So now you're quite undone Last Chorus: C5 We'll go no more a roving F5 G5 A roving in the night C5 F5 We'll go no more a roving C5 G5 Let the moon shine so bright C5 G5 C5 (end) We'll go no more a roving
