There once was a troop of Irish dragoons Come marching down thru Fife-y, O And the captain feel in love with a very bonnie lass And the name she was called was pretty Peggy-o
There's many a bonnie lass in the glen of Auchterlass There's many a bonnie lass in Gairioch-o There's many a bonnie Jean in the streets of Aberdeen But the flower of them all lives in Fife-y, O
O come down the stairs, Pretty Peggy, my dear Come down the stairs, Pretty Peggy-o Come down the stairs, comb back your yellow hair Bid a long farewell to your mammy-o
I never did intend a soldier's lady for to be A soldier shall never enjoy me-o I never did intend to gae tae a foreign land And I will never marry a soldier-o
I'll drink nae more o your claret wine I'll drink nae more o your glasses-o Tomorrow is the day when we maun ride away So farewell tae your Fyvie lasses-o
The colonel he cried, mount, boys, mount,boys, mount The captain, he cried, tarry-o O tarry yet a while, just another day or twa Til I see if the bonnie lass will marry-o
Twas in the early morning, when we marched awa And O but the captain he was sorry-o The drums they did beat a merry brasselgeicht And the band played the bonnie lass of Fife-y, O
Long ere we came to the glen of Auchterlass We had our captain to carry-o And long ere we won into the streets of Aberdeen We had our captain to bury-o
Green grow the birks on bonnie Ethanside And low lie the lowlands of Fife-y, O The captain's name was Ned and he died for a maid He died for the bonny lass of Fife-y, O