Lyrics to
Beggars Day & Rose In Heather

This version of Beggars Day & Rose In Heather was released by Nazareth in 1975.

Our About Nazareth page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Beggars Day & Rose In Heather from 1975 as well as all of the other lyrics from Nazareth that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Nazareth or about the 1970s in general.

If this is heaven, then I’m in hell
If trust is misfortune, then wish me well

While I think of sadness baby
Your light shines through, your light shines through
Your light shines through

Because it’s beggar’s day
Because it’s beggar’s day
Because it’s beggar’s day

I’ve lost control of my darker side
A world all for free, on a nastier ride

And I have crossed myself in anger
All your mercy can’t save me, all your mercy can’t save me
All your mercy can’t save me

Because it’s beggar’s day
Because it’s beggar’s day
Because it’s beggar’s day

It’s beggar’s day
You know it’s beggar’s day
Because it’s beggar’s day

See this love, I’ve stored for you
Wheel it and deal it, but our feelin’s are true

And I have crossed myself in anger
All your mercy can’t save me, all your mercy can’t save me
All your mercy can’t save me

---

Nazareth has released many songs over the years besides Beggars Day & Rose In Heather. Nazareth released songs from 1971 to 1998 spanning across albums like Nazareth, Excercises, Razamanaz, Loud 'N' Proud, Rampant, Hair Of The Dog, Play 'N' The Game, Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll, Expect No Mercy, No Mean City, Malice In Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, Sound Elixir, The Catch, Cinema, Snakes 'N' Ladders, No Jive, From The Vaults, Move Me, and Boogaloo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nazareth.

If you're a fan of 1970s music looking for more songs from 1975 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Beggars Day & Rose In Heather by Nazareth

The lyrics to Beggars Day & Rose In Heather are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Nazareth used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Beggars Day & Rose In Heather have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Nazareth and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Beggars Day & Rose In Heather by Nazareth. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Beggars Day & Rose In Heather" means the words set to the music of Beggars Day & Rose In Heather, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Beggars Day & Rose In Heather and the lyrics to Beggars Day & Rose In Heather are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Beggars Day & Rose In Heather, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Nazareth

Visit our Nazareth profile for more Nazareth songs, lyrics & info!

)