Biography:
The Clancy Brothers was an Irish folk music singing group that began as The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem in 1956 while the members were looking for work in America. Tommy Makem left the group in 1969, after which the three brothers, Pat Clancy (1922–1998), Tom Clancy (1924–1990), and Liam Clancy (1935–2009) became The Clancy Brothers subsequently joined by the fourth Clancy brother, Bobby Clancy (1927–2002). Often credited with popularizing Irish traditional music in the United States
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Morning! Real tongue twister traditional Irish song here for you today!
G C G
I am a little beggarman and begging I have been
G F
For three score or more in this little isle of green
G C G
I'm known from the Liffey down to Segue
G D G
And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu
G C G
Of all the trade's that's going, sure begging is the best
G F
For when a man is tired, he can sit down and rest
G C G
He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do
G D G
Only cut around the corner with his old rig-a-doo
F C
I slept in the barn, down at Caurabawn
G F
A wet night came on and I slept 'till the dawn
G C G
With holes in the roof and the rain coming through
G D G
And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo
F C
When who did I waken but the woman of the house
G F
With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse
G C G
She began to frighten and I said "boo
G D G
Aarah, don't be afraid mam it's only Johnny Dhu"
G C G
I met a little flaxy-haired girl one day
G F
"Good morning little flaxy-haired girl" I did say
G C G
"Good morning little beggarman, a how do you do
G D G
With your rags and you tags and your old rig-a-doo"
G C G
I'll buy a pair of leggings, a collar and a tie
G F
And a nice young lady I'll fetch by and by
G C G
I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll colour them blue
G D G
And an old fashioned lady I will make her too
F C
Over the road with my pack on my back
G F
Over the fields with my great heavy sack
G C G
With holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through
G D G
Singing skinny-me-rink a doodle o and old Johnny Dhu
F C
I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
G F
The fire's all raked and out goes the light
G C G
So now you've heard the story of my old rig-a-doo
G D G
It's good-bye and God be with you says old Johnny Dhu
G C G
I am a little beggarman and begging I have been
G F
For three score or more in this little isle of green
G C G
I'm known from the Liffey down to Segue
G D G
And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu
G C G
Of all the trade's that's going, sure begging is the best
G F
For when a man is tired, he can sit down and rest
G C G
He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do
G D G
Only cut around the corner with his old rig-a-doo
F C
I slept in the barn, down at Caurabawn
G F
A wet night came on and I slept 'till the dawn
G C G
With holes in the roof and the rain coming through
G D G
And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo
F C
When who did I waken but the woman of the house
G F
With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse
G C G
She began to frighten and I said "boo
G D G
Aarah, don't be afraid mam it's only Johnny Dhu"
G C G
I met a little flaxy-haired girl one day
G F
"Good morning little flaxy-haired girl" I did say
G C G
"Good morning little beggarman, a how do you do
G D G
With your rags and you tags and your old rig-a-doo"
G C G
I'll buy a pair of leggings, a collar and a tie
G F
And a nice young lady I'll fetch by and by
G C G
I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll colour them blue
G D G
And an old fashioned lady I will make her too
F C
Over the road with my pack on my back
G F
Over the fields with my great heavy sack
G C G
With holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through
G D G
Singing skinny-me-rink a doodle o and old Johnny Dhu
F C
I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
G F
The fire's all raked and out goes the light
G C G
So now you've heard the story of my old rig-a-doo
G D G
It's good-bye and God be with you says old Johnny Dhu
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