Sophisticated Beggar is the debut album by the English folk musician Roy Harper.

The album consists of Harper's poetry backed by acoustic guitar and recorded with a Revox tape machine by Pierre Tubbs.

[3] The album's liner notes imply that both John Renbourn and Ritchie Blackmore contributed.

The album has subsequently been re-released on a number of different labels, given numerous titles, and had the original track listing altered.

The album cover was drawn by Lon Goddard who, at the time, was the barman at Les Cousins.