Lyrics

BLIND BEGGAR SALOON
A pretty girl was Bessy Two men loved her dearly
Dom said, I will die for you Dan said, I will buy for you
Bess said, you do not know me I come from a foreign country
A land of depravation Poor is my station
Her father was a noble until he lost his eyes in battle
From then he was a pauper begging at the local bar
Oh, Lord, don’t you know what you could lose? More than your sight at the Blind Beggar Saloon
Dan would have no part of Bessy’s lowly station
Your father is a beggar and I am a man of stature
Dom, he paid no mind of Bessy’s lowly station
I do not measure true love by the weight of the wallet
Though of lowly station, the beggar had kept a fortune
He saved it in a coffer And so he made this offer:
The man that can match me dollar for dollar by the end of the score,
I will let him marry my daughter, take the lot, and leave me poor
But the man I top, dollar for dollar by the end of the count,
he will stay away from my daughter and his eyes will come out
The men laid down their money One man came up wanting
Dom would hold pretty Bessy’s hand Dan would never see her again