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As we rode out to Fennario, as we rode on to Fennario |
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Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove |
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And called her by a name, pretty Peggy-O. |
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Will you marry me pretty Peggy-O, will you marry me pretty Peggy-O |
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If you will marry me, I'll set your cities free |
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And free all the ladies in the area-O. |
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I would marry you sweet William-O, I would marry you sweet William-O |
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I would marry you but your guineas are too few |
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And I fear my mama would be angry-O. |
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What would your mama think pretty Peggy-O, |
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What would your mama think pretty Peggy-O, |
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What would your mama think if she heard my guineas clink |
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Saw me marching at the head of my soldiers. |
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If ever I return pretty Peggy-O, if ever I return pretty Peggy-O |
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If ever I return your cities I will burn |
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Destroy all the ladies in the area-O. |
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Come steppin' down the stairs pretty Peggy-O, |
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Come steppin' down the stairs pretty Peggy-O, |
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Come steppin' down the stairs combin' back your yellow hair |
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Bid a last farewell to your William-O. |
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Sweet William he is dead pretty Peggy-O, |
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Sweet William he is dead pretty Peggy-O, |
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Sweet William he is dead and he died for a maid |
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And he's buried in the Louisiana country-O. |
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As we rode out to Fennario, as we rode out to Fennario |
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Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove, |
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And called her by a name, pretty Peggy-O. |
