SONG
TITLE:
THE
LITTLE
BEGGAR
GIRL
PERFORMER:
RICHARD
AND
LINDA
THOMPSON
SONGWRITER:
RICHARD
THOMPSON
YEAR
OF
RELEASE:
1974
COMMENTS:
Linda
here
sings
the
sprightliest
little
jig
you
ever
heard
in
the
voice
of
Sally,
the
titular
beggar
girl.
We're
getting
out
to
the
fraying
ends
of
my
knowledge
to
explain
the
European
folk
music
traditions
that
this
comes
from,
but
Richard
wrote
a
hell
of
a
cheerful,
bright
catchy
original
song
with
considerably
more
melodic
and
musical
development
than
you
would
typically
expect
from
most
folk
music.
Listening
to
the
bouncy
vocal
melody
and
the
very
curious
words,
you
might
not
notice
at
first
the
outstanding
nuance
of
the
arrangement.
As
a
Richard
Thompson
afficianado
might
expect,
he
adds
a
whole
second
layer
of
melodic
development
in
his
guitar
commentary
running
underneath
all
of
it.
Also,
though,
the
mandolin
has
another
whole
statement
going
on
which
adds
much
to
the
perhaps
deceptively
cheerful
sound
of
the
record,
as
does
the
accordian.
In
short,
this
record
qualifies
as
"chamber
music"
under
the
Walter
Rimmler
definition.
The
rest
of
the
song,
the
melody,
beat
and
accompaniment
make
this
quite
an
outstanding
song,
but
the
lyrics
really
make
this
a
must
have
record.
They
sketch
quite
an
arresting
character
study,
with
a
good
bit
of
detail
of
the
life,
times
and
attitude
of
little
Miss
Sally.
Sally
turns
out
to
be
quite
the
nasty
little
bitch,
not
the
nice
cheerful
plucky
urchin
that
you
might
expect
from
the
tune
or
from
most
artistic
portrayals
of
such
characters.
She
expresses
little
but
contempt
for
the
person
she
is
addressing.
"Cause
I
love
taking
money
off
a
snob
like
you."
Besides
the
bracing
bitterness
of
her
words,
she
lays
out
numerous
curious
attitudes
and
details
as
she
describes
herself
dancing
"with
me
peg
leg
a
wigglin'
at
the
knee."
She
strikes
an
interesting
note
as
she
describes
the
range
of
her
travels,
and
the
extent
of
her
journeys.
"I
travel
far
and
wide
to
do
the
work
that
I
do."
She
seems
to
think
that
begging
for
change
in
the
street
is
productive
labor,
as
if
she
is
a
traveling
business
man.
Her
attitudes
constitute
one
of
the
best
encapsulations
I've
seen
of
Nietzche's
classic
idea
of
Christian
resentment.
"Oh
the
poor
they
shall
be
rich,
and
the
rich
they
shall
be
poor/
That's
according
to
Saul
when
he
laid
down
the
law/
And
I'd
much
rather
be
rich
after
than
before."
Even
in
her
bitter
bilousness,
she
does
not
lack
a
saving
vigorous
sense
of
cynical
humor,
which
comes
out
various
ways
in
her
analysis
of
her
market,
as
it
were.
"If
the
words
of
my
song
do
your
conscience
alarm/
Just
remember
generosity
is
like
a
lucky
charm/
If
you
give
me
your
money
it
will
do
you
no
harm."
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