Beggar, Wiseman Or Thief - Isobel Campbell

Early one day

On a Tuesday

Met a wolf king across a plain

And I kissed him

I caressed him

Will I see you again

I shall roam far across the land

If you shan't be my husband

Beggar wiseman

Beggar wiseman

Beggar wiseman or thief

So he led her

Cross the river

To his kingdom

And back again

Played a fine lute

And as night fell

They returned to the plain

Sweetest maid you are right for me

Though God wills me be free

Sweetest maid let a human beau

Gather roses for thee

To a wolf you cannot be wed

Choose a young man instead

Beggar wiseman

Beggar wiseman

Beggar wiseman or thief

No other I'll find

I'd rather be blind

Missed your eyes of robin egg blue

You have caused me

Much despair Sir

Since I lay here with you

To a beggar I shan't be wed

Wisemen live in their head

Dearest wolf king

Thou art the thief

Who has loved me so brief

And as night fell

Some folks will tell

She crossed a river

Down by the plain

Twas there the current

Held her under

Never to be seen again

On the plain sprang

A red rose tree

The wolf was never so free

Now he roams far across the land

Howling for his bride-to-be

He shall roam far across the land

For he shan't be a husband

Beggar wiseman

Beggar wiseman

Beggar wiseman or thief