"The Beggar", in Gaelic "An Bockagh", also known as "The Lame Yellow Beggar" is an Irish polka in 4/4 time and G major. The parts are played AB. It was composed by Ruairi Dall O’Cathain around 1650. It was recorded by The Baltimore Consort on The Mad Buckgoat: Ancient Music of Ireland (1999), Steeleye Span on Bedlam Born (2000) and Govannen on As I Roved Out.