The Beggar
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"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.
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