Peggy-O

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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 lady like a dove
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And called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O.


[Verse]

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    Will you marry me... pretty 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 set your cities free
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And free all the ladies... in the area-O.


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    Oh, I would marry you, sweet William-O,
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    Oh, I would marry you... sweet William-O
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Oh, 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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And saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-O?


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    Oh, if I ever I return... pretty Peggy-O,
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    If I ever I return... pretty Peggy-O,
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Oh, if I ever I return... your cities I will burn
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And 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 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 lady like a dove,
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And called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O.