Peggy-O

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[Verse]

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    As we rode on out to Fennario,
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    As we rode on out to Fennario,
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Our captain fell in love... with a
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 lady like a dove
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And called her by her name, pretty
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 Peggy-O.


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A                     D      
    Will you marry me... pretty 
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Peggy-O,
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will you marry me... pretty Peggy-O?
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If you will marry me, oh... I'll 
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set your cities free
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And free all the ladies... in the 
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area-O.


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A                         D      
    Oh, I would marry you, sweet 
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William-O,
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    Oh, I would marry you... sweet
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 William-O
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Oh, I would marry you... but your 
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guineas are too few
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And I fear my mama would be angry-O.


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A                              D 
    What would your mama think...
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 pretty Peggy-O,
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    What would your mama 
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think... pretty Peggy-O,
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What would your mama think... if 
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she heard my guineas clink
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And saw me marching at the head of
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 my soldiers-O?


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    Oh, if I ever I return... 
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pretty Peggy-O,
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    If I ever I return... pretty 
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Peggy-O,
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Oh, if I ever I return... your 
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cities I will burn
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And destroy all the ladies in the 
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area-O.


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A                          D     
    Come steppin' down the stairs
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 pretty Peggy-O,
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    Come steppin' down the stairs
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 pretty Peggy-O,
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Come steppin' down the stairs 
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combin' back your yellow hair
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Bid a last farewell to your 
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William-O.


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A                            
    Sweet William he is dead... 
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pretty Peggy-O,
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    Sweet William he is dead... 
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pretty Peggy-O,
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Sweet William he is dead... and he
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 died for a maid
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And he's buried in the Louisiana 
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country-O.


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A                 D              A
    As we rode on out, to Fennario,
A                 F#m    C#m
    As we rode on out to Fennario
    D                    A        
Our captain fell in love... with a
      E      F#m
 lady like a dove,
    A                 D           
And called her by her name, pretty
       A
 Peggy-O.