| lyric | 1. There was a troop o' Irish dragoons,
Cam’ marching doon through Fyvie O.
And the captain’s fa’n in love wi’ a very bonnie lass,
And her name it was ca’d pretty Peggy O.
2. O come doon the stair, pretty Peggy, my dear
0 come doon the stair pretty Peggy O
0come doon the stair and comb back your yellow hair
And you‘ll mount when your captain is ready 0.
3. ‘What way could Icome doon, when I’m locked into aroom
What way could Icome doon’ she said so saucy 0
What way could Icome doon, when I'm locked into aroom
And awell dug below my window 0. ’
4. It’s I'll gie ye ribbons love. andKI’ll gie you rings
I’ll gie you a necklace o’ amber 0,
I’ll gie ye silken petticoats wi’ flounces to the knee,
Gin ye‘ll convoy me deon to my chamber 0. ’
5. What would your minnie think if she heard the guineas clink
What would your minnie think pretty Peggy O?
What would your minnie think if she heard the guineas clink
And the hautboys playing afore ye O?
6. 0 little would she think though she heard the guineas clink
0 llttle would she think of her daughter 0,
0 little would she think though she heard the guineas clink
If Iwent and followed asodger 0.
7. It’s braw, ay it’s braw acaptain’s wife to be,
It’s braw to be acaptain’s lady 0,
It’s braw to rise and rant and to follow with the camp,
And to march when your captain he is ready 0.
8. A sodger’s wife Inever shall be
A sodger shall never enjoy me O ,
I never do intend to gang to aforeign land
I never will marry asodger O.
9. The colonel cries: ‘Boys mount Boys mount’
But the captain cries: ‘Tarry O,
Otarry for a while, just another day or twa,
Just to see if the bonnie lass will marry O.’
10. But up then spoke his brother John
And oh but he spoke sae saucy O
Says: ‘What needs ye sae sorry be
There’s mony ahumid lassie afore ye O.’
11. I’ll drink nae mair 0’ your guid claret wine
I’ll drink nae mair 0’ your glasses 0
For the mom is the day that Imaun march away
So adieu to all you Fyvie lasses 0.
12. So the drums they did beat by the bonnie Bogs o’ Gight
And the band played by the lowlands o’ Fyvie 0
And aye as they played the captain he said:
‘Bonnie lassie I’m gaun to leave ye O.’
13. But lang ere they won to bonnie Meldrum toon .
They got their captain to carry 0
And lang ere they won into bonnie Aberdeen
They got their captain to bury 0.
14. So the drums they did beat and the fifes they did play
And the bands played the. lowlands o'Fyvie 0,
And the captain’s name was Ned and he died for a maid 1
And he died for the chambermaid o’Fyvie 0.
15. Green grow the birks upon bonnie Ytanside
And low lie the lowlands o’ Fyvie O,
There’s mony a bonnie lass in the howe o’ Auchterless
But the flower 0’ them a’ lies in Fyvie O. |