Peggy O – ( traditional via The Grateful Dead )

As we rode out to Fennario
As we rode out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love, with a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O

Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O?
If you will marry me, I will set your city free
Freeing all the maidens in the area-O

I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you, sweet William-O
I would marry you, but your guineas are too few
And I fear my mama would be angry-O

What would your mama think, pretty Peggy-O
What would your mama think, pretty Peggy-O
What would your mama think if she heard my guineas clink
And saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-O?

Come stepping down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Step on down the stair, pretty Peggy-O
Come stepping down the stairs, combing back your yellow hair
Bid farewell, to young William-O

If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, your city I will burn
Destroying all the maidens in the area-O

Sweet William is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William is dead, pretty Peggy-O
Oh sweet William is dead, and he died for a maid
Now he’s buried in the Louisiana country-O

As we rode out to Fennario
As we rode out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love, with a lady like a dove
And he called her by this name, pretty Peggy-O.