As we rode on out to Fennario,
As we rode on out to Fennario,
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O.
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Will you marry me pretty Peggy-O,
will you marry me pretty Peggy-O?
If you will marry me, oh I'll set your cities free
And free all the ladies in the area-O.
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Oh, I would marry you, sweet William-O,
Oh, I would marry you sweet William-O
Oh, I would marry you but your guineas are too few
And I fear my mama would be angry-O.
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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?
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Oh, if I ever I return pretty Peggy-O,
If I ever I return pretty Peggy-O,
Oh, if I ever I return your cities I will burn
And destroy all the ladies in the area-O.
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Come steppin' down the stairs pretty Peggy-O,
Come steppin' down the stairs pretty Peggy-O,
Come steppin' down the stairs combin' back your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to your William-O.
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Sweet William he is dead pretty Peggy-O,
Sweet William he is dead pretty Peggy-O,
Sweet William he is dead and he died for a maid
And he's buried in the Louisiana country-O.
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As we rode on out, to Fennario,
As we rode on out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove,
And called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O.