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At the eastern edge of the Glaisdale village lies Beggar's Bridge, built by Thomas Ferris in 1619. Ferris was a poor man who hoped to wed the daughter of a wealthy local squire. In order to win her hand, he planned to set sail from Whitby to make his fortune. On the night that he left, the Esk was swollen with rainfall and he was unable to make a last visit to his intended. He eventually returned from his travels a rich man and, after marrying the squire's daughter, built Beggar's Bridge so that no other lovers would be separated as they were. The bridge is now Grade II* listed.

The Beggar's Bridge is a song telling the story of Tom Ferris by Vin Garbutt, recorded on his 1999 album Word of Mouth.

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Lyrics
Queen Bessie is calling and I must away
To the coast of Calais and the warships of Spain
Are but a candle to that time when I’m home again
On the sill of your window keep burning
On the sill of your window keep burning

To remind you the likes of our love is as bright
As the sun in the daytime, the moon in the night
And the name of Tom Ferris you’ll cherish for life
Though your father he calls me a beggar
Though your father he calls me a beggar

But I’ll build you a bridge for all lovers to see
As they pass by that way, to the Cleveland sea
And never again will an obstacle be
In the form of a stormy Esk river
In the form of a stormy Esk river

I’m leaving this evening but not before calling
To watch the sunset on your crimson locks falling
The squal in the bay may not cause such dismay
As to spoil our last moments together
As to spoil our last moments together

But the clouds over Whitby’s fair harbour did form
On the waters of Esk, white horses were born
And the rain on Tom’s cheek hid the sign of a storm
In the form of two hearts and a parting
In the form of two hearts and a parting

For seven long years on the Atlantic ocean
Tom served his queen with his every motion
But to serve his own sweetheart with every devotion
Was the only notion he nurtured
It was the only notion he nurtured


And to build her a bridge for all lovers to see
As they pass by that way, to the Cleveland see
And never again would an obstacle be
In the form of a stormy Esk river
In the form of a stormy Esk river



In her majesty’s navy young Tom made his name
Fame and fortune were his and it’s homeward he came
With his gaze to the shoreline, he searched for that flame
That would tell him his roving was ending
That would tell him his roving was ending


And with arms open wide on the shore he has find
Lovely Agnus her face full of smiles and her heart
Full of pride for for the beggar who’d rather have died
Than to part with the heart of his darling
Than to part with the heart of his darling


As a soldier of fortune young Tom made his stand
Of her father he begged for her heart and her hand
And her father agreed there was none in the land
Quite so grand as this man he called beggar
Quite so grand as this man he called beggar
So he built her a bridge for all lovers to see
As they passed by that way, to the Cleveland sea
And never again will an obstacle be
In the form of a stormy Esk river
In the form of a stormy Esk river
In the form of a stormy Esk river