[Verse]
The night being dark and very cold,
A woman took pity on a poor old soul, (God love ya son!)
She took pity on a poor old soul,
And asked him to come in.

[Chorus]
With a too-roo roo-roo ranting hi,
A too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
And hi for the beggarman.

Well he sat him down in a chimney nook,
He hung his coat upon a hook,
Hung his coat upon a hook,
And merrily he did sing.

[Chorus]
With a too-roo roo-roo ranting hi,
A too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
And hi for the beggarman.

[Verse]
In the middle of the night the old one rose,
She missed the beggarman and all his clothes,
Clapped and clapped and clapped again,
Says, "He has me daughter gone."

[Chorus]
With a too-roo roo-roo ranting hi,
A too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
And hi for the beggarman.

Well three long years have passed and gone,
When this old man came back again,
Asking for a charity,
"Would you lodge the beggarman?"

"I never lodged any but the one,
And with that one me daughter's gone,
With that one me daughter's gone,
So merrily you may gang."

[Chorus]
With a too-roo roo-roo ranting hi,
A too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
And hi for the beggarman.

[Verse]
"Would you like to see your daughter now,
With two babies on her knee,
With two babies on her knee,
And another one coming on?"

"For yonder she sits and yonder she stands,
The finest lady in all the land,
Servants there at her command,
Since she went with the beggarman."

[Chorus]
With a too-roo roo-roo ranting hi,
A too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
Too-roo roo-roo rantin hi,
And hi for the beggarman.