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The Begging Song

Of all the trades in our hard times
The Begging is the best
For when a beggar's tired
He'll sit him down and rest
Well, I've been poor in Heidelberg
I've been poor in Bonn
Oh, rich enough to earn my living
From a simple song

I don't rise at half past five
To earn my daily bread
From the singing on the street sI do
It's enough, I can be fed
I don't live in luxury
Or drive a very fast car
No holidays in Thailand
Or in Australia

I don't know the tax-man
Hope he don't know me!
For what I earn is beggar's bread
And that belongs to me
A shilling in my pocket
Is worth it's weight in gold
For I have it in my hand
And I will not let it go!

I don't get no good reviews
No critics come to see me
The only Vips I know
Are the men all dressed in green
“Excuse me sir, do you know
You can't be singing here
Those CDs that I see as well
They're not allowed, I fear”

There are other places
Of course you must move on
'Cos in my trade, you cannot dream
To settle in one town
Oh, the world is at my finger tips
So people are telling me
But every time I try to grasp
It slips away from me!

The Begging is the best of trades
I really can't complain
Thirty years have gone since I began
To sing in sun and rain
Oh, I will rest when I am tired
And I heed no master's bell
A man would be daft to be a king
When a beggar lives so well!

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from On a Summer​´​s Day, released November 15, 2013

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Julia & Chris Simmance Aix En Provence, France

Dear Music-Friends,
We are happy to tell you, that we are out there again, on the streets of South of France !
Hopefully rather sooner than later we will also add some new recordings on our site here.
Greetings and till then,
Julia and Chris ... more

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