Begging Song

When I was a wee thing and easy led astray 
It's before I would work, I would rather sport and play
It's before I would work, I would rather sport and play 
With my Johnny on the banks of red roses 

On the banks of red roses my love and I sat down 
He took out his fiddle and began to play a tune 
And when the tune was ended his love broke down and cried