O Peggy Gordon, You are my darling Come sit you down upon my knee And tell to me the very reason Why I am slighted so by thee
I am so deep in love that I canґt deny it My heart lies smothered in my breast But itґs not for you to let the world know it A troubled mind can find no rest
I leaned myself on a cask of whiskey It was my fancy, I do declare For when Iґm drinking, Iґm always thinking Wishing Peggy Gordon was there
I wished I was in a lonesome valley Where womankind cannot be found where all the birds do change their voices And every moment a different sound
I wish I was away in Ingo Far away across the sea Sailing over deepest waters Where love nor care never trouble me