Lyrics
As we rode out to Fennario as we rode on to Fennario
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And called her by a name pretty peggy o
Will you marry me pretty peggy o will you marry me pretty peggy o
If you will marry me I'll set your cities free
And free all the ladies 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
Saw me marching at the head of my soldiers
If ever I return pretty peggy o if ever I return pretty peggy o
If ever I return your cities I will burn
Destroy all the ladies in the area o
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
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
As we rode out to Fennario as we rode out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And called her by a name pretty peggy o
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And called her by a name pretty peggy o
Will you marry me pretty peggy o will you marry me pretty peggy o
If you will marry me I'll set your cities free
And free all the ladies 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
Saw me marching at the head of my soldiers
If ever I return pretty peggy o if ever I return pretty peggy o
If ever I return your cities I will burn
Destroy all the ladies in the area o
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
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
As we rode out to Fennario as we rode out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And called her by a name pretty peggy o