As we marched down to faneri-o As we marched down to faneri-o Our captain fell n love with a lady like a dove And they called her name, pretty peggy-o Come a runnin' down the stairs, pretty peggy-o Come a runnin' down the stairs, pretty peggy-o Come a runnin' down the stairs, combin' back Your yellow hair You're the prettiest little girl i've ever seen-o
What will your mother say, pretry peggy-o? What will your mother say, pretty peggy-o? What will your mother say, when she finds you've Gone away To places far and strange to faneri-o?
If ever i return, pretty peggy-o If ever i return, pretty peggy-o If ever i return, all your cities i will burn Destroying all the ladies in the ar-e-o Destroying all the ladies in the ar-e-o