Song of the Week – The Jolly Beggarman
Another traditional song from Ireland, this one probably dates back to the 18th Century. It’s a little bawdy, but I’d say PG at the most. This is another song I got from one of my favorite resources, “Soodlum’s Irish Ballad Book.” In general I prefer to learn songs from printed music, in large part due to my history and schooling in music education. I feel I can look at what the composer was writing but come up with my own take on it.
Pretty slow time for SCA events but things will pick up in January. =)
The Jolly Beggarman by Glen E Hammer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Not a Bard 