Excerpts from an excellent and lively rendition of this rarely seen cantata by Robert Burns at Balerno Folk Club's recent Burns Night.

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The Jolly Beggar also known as The Gaberlunzieman is Child ballad 279. The song's chorus inspired lines in Lord Byron's poem "So, we'll go no more a roving. A beggar comes over the hills one day, and knocks on the door of a local farmer and asks for a roof for the night. Curiously, he will not accept a bed in the barn, but wishes only to sleep by the kitchen fire. Late at night, the farmer's daughter comes down to lock the kitchen door. The beggar and daughter exchange words, and fall in love.

He made major contributions to George Thomson's A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice as well as to James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum.

The Jolly Beggars is one of the glories of Scottish literature. Love and Liberty is Robert Burns excelling himself. The stanza of the initial Recitativo is that of The Cherry and the Slae by Alexander Montgomerie. The "hailstanes" that "skyte" on Scottish lugs are made harder by the long flat vowels of the first word and the Norse consonants of the second, hailstones that bounce do so in gentler climes. We are thoroughly chilled in the first few lines, before being invited into the contrasting comfort of a room which is a bit like the haggis, warm, reeking and in its own way rich.

Bob Hay and the Jolly Beggars have celebrated Burns Night every year locally since 2002 when Bob first played a solo gig of Burns's music upstairs at the Globe in Athens,GA. Since then, they have recorded 3 CDs which have received airplay from as far away as Australia and have performed for the North Georgia Folk Festival a few times. 25 October 2017 ·. Ever wonder why some history textbooks look more favorably on the South after the American Civil War? Meet the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars added an event.

The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata^1. When lyart leaves bestrow the yird, Or wavering like the bauckie-bird, Bedim cauld Boreas' blast; When hailstanes drive wi' bitter skyte, And infant frosts begin to bite, In hoary cranreuch drest; Ae night at e'en a merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies, In Poosie-Nansie's held the splore, To drink their orra duddies; Wi' quaffing an' laughing, They ranted an'.

When lyart leaves bestrow the yird, Or wavering like the bauckie-bird, Bedim cauld Boreas' blast; When hailstanes drive wi' bitter skyte, And infant frosts begin to bite, In hoary cranreuch drest; Ae night at e'en a merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies, In Poosie-Nansie's held the splore, To drink their orra duddies; Wi' quaffing an' laughing, They ranted an' they sang, Wi' jumping an' thumping, The vera girdle rang.

As I Roved Out as performed by "The Jolly Beggars" Note that Di-re fol-de-diddle is in mixed meter (3+3+2) which looks like: Di-re fol-de-diddle (2+1) (2+1) (2) Am G Who are you, me pretty . When the moon is shining clearly? Am. G. Won't you come to me mommy's house, Am. When the moon is shining clearly?

About The Jolly Beggars. Get your copy of our fourth studio album, "Against the Wide Sky," from our store now! The Jolly Beggars bring the rich tradition of Celtic folk music and storytelling to modern day audiences. Based out of Connecticut, their traditional songs and musical arrangements have exposed many to the joys of Celtic music. They tell traditional stories from Irish folklore and intersperse their musical arrangements with traditional reels and jigs