Key: D
Introduction:
D G D G D A
Oh Peggy Gordon you are my darling,
G D A
Come sit you down upon my knee,
G D G D A
Come tell to me the very reason,
G D A D
Why I am slighted,so by thee,
verse 2
G D G D A
I wish I was in some lonesome valley,
G D A
where woman kind cannot be found,
G D G D A
Where the pretty small birds,do change their voices,
G D A D
and every moment a different sound.
verse 3
G D G D A
Im so in love that I cant deny it,
G D A
my heart lies smothered in my breast,
G D G D A
But its not for you to let the world know it,
G D A D
a troubled mind can know no rest.
verse 4
G D G D A
I did put my head to a cask of brandy,
G D A
it was my fancy I do declare,
G D G D A
For when im drinking I am always thinking,
G D A D
and wishing Peggy Gordon was here.