PRETTY PEGGY-O

[Transcribed by J. Roemer]

[spoken]
I've been all around this whole country,
but I never yet found Fenario.

There's a way you march down
There's a way you march down
There's a way you march down
to Fenario.

Well, our Captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And her name was handsome perty
Peggy-O

Well, what will your mother say
What will your mother say
What will your mother say
Pretty Peggy-O

What will your mother say
To know you're going away
And yer' never never never
Coming back-yo

Come running down your stairs
Come running down your stairs
Come running down your stairs
Pretty Peggy-O

Come running down your stairs
Combing back your yellow hair
Your the prettiest darn girl
I've ever seen-yo

The Lieutenant he is gone
The Lieutenant he is gone
The Lieutenant he is gone
Pretty Peggy-O

The Lieutenant he is gone
Long gone
He's riding down to Texas
With the Rodeo

Well, our Captain he is dead
Our Captain he is dead
Our Captain he is dead
Pretty Peggy-O

Our Captain he is dead
Died for a maid
And he's buried somewheres in
Louisiana-ho