Fannerio

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[Chorus]
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As we march down to Fannerio
      G/B   Am         Em
As we march down to Fannerio
    F               C             
Our captain fell in love with a 
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lady like a dove
       C          G/B    Am 
And we called her by her name, 
          F     C
pretty Peggy-O


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 1]
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What will your mother think, 
   F     C
pretty Peggy-O?
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What will your mother think, 
  Em
pretty Peggy-O?
     F                C           
What will your mother think, but I
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 hear the guineas clink?
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And the soldiers marchin’ behind
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 you-O


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
          C    G/B  Am            
You shall ride in a coach, pretty 
F     C
Peggy-O
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               G/B  Am            
You shall ride in a coach, pretty 
Em
Peggy-O
          F         C             
You shall ride in a coach with 
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your true love by your side
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As fine as any lady in the country-O


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
    C    G/B Am           F     C
And when I return, pretty Peggy-O
     G/B Am           Em
When I return, pretty Peggy-O
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When I return, the city I will burn
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And destroy all the ladies in the 
F       C
country-O


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Come trippin’ down the stairs, 
          F     C
pretty Peggy-O
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Come trippin’ down the stairs, 
         Em
pretty Peggy-O
     F                 C     
Come trippin’ down the stairs, 
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combin' back your yellow hair
         C    G/B Am            
Bid your last farewell to sweet 
F       C
William-O


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
      C       G/B   Am           
Sweet William he is dead, pretty 
F     C
Peggy-O
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Sweet William is  dead, pretty 
  Em
Peggy-O
      F          C                
Sweet William is dead and he died 
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for a maid
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He’s buried in the Louisiana 
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country-O


[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
   C  G/B   Am         F   C
As we march down to Fannerio
      G/B   Am         Em
As we march down to Fannerio
    F               C             
Our captain fell in love with a 
   G/B    Am
lady like a dove
       C          G/B    Am 
And we called her by her name, 
          F     C
pretty Peggy-O