There's a difference between a beggar and a queen - Danby, John

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◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → ATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 67943

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-02-07

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¶Lyrics / Text

There's a difference between A beggar and a queen, And I'll tell you the reason why: A queen cannot stagger And get drunk like a beggar, Nor yet be so happy as I. Let the back and the sides gang bare, Let the arms and the feet gang cold; Give but the belly, boys, ale enough, Whether it be new or old. Sometimes we wait At a gentleman's gate And ask for a drop of small beer; Some of us are blind, And some of us are lame, And some cannot very well hear. Let the back and the sides.... Sometimes we lie Like pigs in a sty And a little cold straw in a barn; Yet we sleep as sound As the rich, I'll be bound, Or those who their living do earn. Let the back and the sides....