[A]There once was a troop of Irish dragoons
Come marching down thru [E]Fyvie-O
And the [A]captain fell in love
wi' a very bonnie [D]lass
And he called her by [A]name, [E]pretty [A]Peggy-O
There's many a bonnie lass in the glen of Auchterlass
There's many a bonnie lass in Gairioch-oO
There's many
a bonnie Jean in the streets of Aberdeen
But the flower of them all lives in Fyvie, O
Come trippin' down the stair, Pretty Peggy, my dear
Come down the stairs, Pretty Peggy-O
Come trippin' down
the stairs, combin' back your yellow hair
Bid a long farewell to your mammy-O
It's braw, aye it's braw, a captain's lady for to be
And it's braw to be a captain's lady-O
It's braw to
ride around and to follow the camp
And to ride when your captain he is ready-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
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 will never marry a soldier-O
I'll drink nae more o your claret wine
I'll drink nae more o your glasses-O
Tomorrow is the day when we maun
ride away
So farewell tae your Fyvie lasses-O
The colonel he cried, mount, boys, mount, boys, mount
The captain, he cried, tarry-O
O tarry yet a while,
just another day or twa
Til I see if the bonnie lass will marry-O
Twas in the early morning, when we marched awa
And O but the captain he was sorry-O
The drums they did beat
on the merry braes o' Gight
And the band played the bonnie lass of Fyvie-O
Long ere we came to the glen of Auchterlass
We had our captain to carry-O
And long ere we won into the streets
of Aberdeen
We had our captain to bury-O
Green grow the birks on bonnie Ethanside
And low lie the lowlands of Fyvie-O
The captain's name was Ned and
he died for a maid
He died for the bonny lass of Fyvie-O
