The Bonnie Lass o Fyvie

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There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons
 Cam marching doon through Fyvie-o
 And the captains fall in love wi' a very bonnie lass
 And her name it was cad pretty Peggy-o
 O come doon the stairs, Pretty Peggy, my dear
 Come doon the stairs, Pretty Peggy-o
 Come doon the stairs, comb back your yellow hair
 Bid a long farewell to your daddy-o
 There's many a bonnie lass in the Howe o Auchterless
 There's many a bonnie lass in the Garioch
 There's many a bonnie Jean in the streets of Aiberdeen
 But the floor o' them aw lyes in Fyvie-o
 O come doon the stairs, Pretty Peggy, my dear
 Come doon the stairs, Pretty Peggy-o
 Come doon the stairs, comb back your yellow hair
 Bid a long farewell to your daddy-o
 O I'll give you ribbons, love, and I'll give you rings
 I'll give you a necklace of amber-o
 I'll give you a silken petticoat with flounces to the knee
 If you'll convey me doon to your chamber-o
 What would your mother think if she heard the guineas clink
 And saw the haut-boys marching all before you o
 O little would she think gin she heard the guineas clink
 If I followed a soldier laddie-o
 O come doon the stairs, Pretty Peggy, my dear
 Come doon the stairs, Pretty Peggy-o
 Come doon the stairs, comb back your yellow hair
 Bid a long farewell to your daddy-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 never will marry a soldier-o

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Duration
03:58
Key
5
Tempo
114 BPM

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