Chords for Northern Lights Chorale - The Little Beggarman arr. Emily Crocker

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[D] I am the little beggar and a beggar I have been for three score or [C] more on this little
lot of green [D] I'm going on a limb, he brought the basin
to the zoo And everybody called me by the name of Johnny
Dew [F] Of all the trades you go into the begging is
the best [Dm] For when a man is tired he can [C] sit and dine
and rest [D] Beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to
do Only count around the corner for this old brigadew _ _
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I [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
slept in a barn one night and heard a ball in the rat night
It was like I slept until the dawn There were holes in the roof
And the rain was coming through And the cats and the rats they were playing
peek-a-boo [F] But who should have waken but the woman of
[D] the house With her white spotted [C] apron and her calico
[D] blouse She began to frighten all except her old loser
Don't be afraid, it's only Johnny Dew
Beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do
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_ [C] _ _ [D] And _ the rain was coming through And the cats and the rats they were playing _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ peek-a-boo [F] But _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] who should have waken but _ _ _ _ the woman of
the _ _ [C] house With her [D] white spotted apron and her calico
blouse She began to frighten all except her old loser
Don't [C] be afraid, it's only Johnny Dew Beg for his dinner, he [D] has nothing else to do
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_ [D] the rain was coming through And the cats and the rats they were playing
peek-a-boo But who _ _ should have waken but the woman of _
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