Makem & Clancy - Little Beggarman

Well, I am a little beggarman, a begging I have been
For three score or more in the little isle of green
All over the Liffey and down to Segue
I'm known by the name of auld Johnny Dhu

[@ScotchIrishFool1]

I love being a Scots-Irishman, and can appreciate ALL Celtic music of the British Isles.

[@odonnell1218]

This kind of music is why I love being an Irishman

[@MegaMrCleaner]

you got to love Irish men for this i have to say that in the Irish culture my most appreciated part is their music absolutely amazing

[@murryjcohen]

One can learn Irish history from the songs....songs about the flight of the earls, the 1798 United Irishmen revolution, the "famine", and the 1916 Easter Rebellion.

[@zombreejim]

My old man use to sing this to me when i was a baby! Absolutely love it!

[@1111Angels]

My Grandfather used to play this song on his fiddlle and I used to dance between his knees as two year old. It always touches my soul and lifts my spirits like fairies on the wind.

[@malachyoreilly5685]

My mother taught me to sing this song when I was 4 years old.................ann

[@bhbabs2]

love tis song, my granda taught me m siblings and cousins this song when we where wee, he still sings it lol

[@Levatron]

This song has just made my day! Apart altogether from fond memories of Baile na nGall, Teach an Cheoil, Seamus O' Colliu, Mairead Breathnach(where I stayed and learned my Gaelic) Makem and Clancy and all the goings on in Mooney's Pub! etc etc. In the past few days I was trying to find a tune which could form part of a set with Brian Finnigan's beautiful tune 'FLY' And I just found it. Slow down Little Beggarman to about 85% speed and you have a matched the tempo. Both tunes are already matched in the same key of D and the same delightful rhythm. Go raibh maith agat VITO. Ta an Ghaeilge agam foil. Seamus

[@Banjo362]

Banjo Pickers, Mandolin Players and Fiddlers love this tune

[@scepts]

i love this song first time i heard it! and i love all of the clancy brothers songs :P try beer,beer,beer

[@Banjo362]

Its also a Bluegrass Fiddle Tunes called Red Haired Boy or The Soldier with a Wooden Leg.

[@murryjcohen]

Sounds like the tune is derived from the hornpipe "Gilderoy".

[@boneytony5041]

Fair play to the traveling people.

[@ScotchIrishFool1]

I have heard this melody played as Red Haired Boy, Little Beggarman, and Soldier With a Wooden Leg.

[@murryjcohen]

Sounds like the tune is derived from the hornpipe "Gilderoy".

[@bettyswollex]

suche class

[@Bartoniusz28]

Two words: very fine :)

[@murryjcohen]

Sounds like the tune is derived from the hornpipe "Gilderoy".

[@murryjcohen]

But even more like the hornpipe "The Redhaired Boy" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4PKaappmaejpMk). Many hornpipes are similar to one another, Many of them are tunes for Irish songs....like "Mick McGuire".

[@odonnell1218]

@funkwolf1 That's true. This is still the best music in the world.

[@TracyFClark]

Arlo Guthrie and Shenandoah do a great version of this song.

[@MegaMrCleaner]

@Killer2393 i am afraid not though i would very much love to have been raised with an Irish background

[@Murphyno12]

the dubliners

[@funkwolf1]

@odonnell1218 aye but you don't have to be irish to appreciate it mate

[@adnoble]

What album is this from?

[@murryjcohen]

This was done by the original Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem on several albums, and by the Liam/Tommy duo.