The Old Beggar Man

He gave her a gay gold watch
 That she might rule in her own country
 She gave him a gay gold ring,
 And the virtue of that ring was above all things
 If this ring is bright and true know your love is true to you
 But if this ring is pale and wan
 Your true love is in love with another one
 He set sail and off went he
 Until he came to strange country
 He looked at the ring it was pale and wan,
 His true love was in love with another one
 So he set sail and back came he
 Until he came to his own country
 And as he was riding along the plain
 Who should he meet but an old beggar man
 You lend me your begging rig
 That begging rig it must go on
 So come and tell me as fast as you can
 What's to be done with the begging rig
 You may beg from pitt you may beg from paul
 Beg from the highest to the lowest of them all
 But from them all you need take none
 Until you come to the bride's own hand
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 She came trembling down the stairs
 Rings on her fingers and gold in her hair
 A glass of wine all in her hand
 Which she gave to the old beggar man
 He took the glass and drank the wine
 And in the glass he slipped the ring
 Oh where got you this by sea or by land,
 Or did you get it off of a drowned one's hand
 I did not get it by sea or land
 I did not get it off a drowned one's hand
 I got it in my courting gay,
 And I gave it to my love on her wedding day
 Rings from her fingers she did pull off
 Gold from her hair she did let fall
 I'll go with you forever more
 And I'll beg for my bread from door to door
 Between the kitchen and the hall
 The begging rig he did let fall
 Shining in gold amongst them all
 And he was the fairest in the hall