The Old Beggar Man- Brown (NB) 1960 Manny
[From Songs of Miramichi, p. 206 by Louise Manny, ‎James Reginald Wilson; 1968. Text incomplete. It was also reported (Digital Tradition) that Stanley MacDonald always sang the ballad at the Miramichi Festival in the early 1960s.
R. Matteson 2014]
THE OLD BEGGAR MAN (HIND HORN)
(As sung by Delton Brown of Upper Blackville in the 1960 and 1961 Miramichi Folksong Festivals).
where were you bred and where were you born?
in old Scot-a-land I was bred and born,
. . .
. . .
Now, here is a ring I will give unto thee,
A token of our love then let it be,
And when you look at the ring, and it is growing pale and wan,
You will know that your love is with another man.
* *
Se he sailed and he sailed and away sailed he,
He sailed till he came to a foreign counteree,
And he looked at his ring, it was growing pale and wan,
And he knew his love was with another man.