Fyvie-O

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w: It was a_ troop of I-rish Dra-goons, came march-ing_ down in-to Fy-vie-O. And the
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w: Cap-tain fell in love with a la-dy like a dove, and they call her by name_ Pret-ty Peg-gy-O.
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W: 1. It was a troop of Irish Dragoons,
W: Came marching down into Fyvie-O.
W: And the Captain fell in love with a lady like a dove,
W: And they call her by name Pretty Peggy-O.
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W: 2. "It's braw, it's braw, a soldier's wife to be,
W: It's braw to be a captain's lady-o.
W: It's braw to gae and ride with your true love by your side,
W: As fair as any lady in the aree-o."
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W: 3. "I never did intend a soldier's wife to be,
W: I never will marry a soldier-o.
W: I never did intend to gang to a foreign land,
W: And I never will marry a soldier-o."
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W: 4. "Come tripping down the stair, Pretty Peggy-o.
W: Come tripping down the stair, Pretty Peggy-o.
W: Come tripping down the stair, combing back yer yellow hair,
W: And bid farewell to your soldier-o."
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W: 5. "If ever I return pretty, Peggy-o,
W: If ever I return, pretty Peggy-o,
W: Oh, if ever I return, all your cities I will burn,
W: Destroying all the ladies in the aree-o!"
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W: 6. Oh, there's many a bonnie lass in the hills of Inverness.
W: There's many bonnie ladies in the aree-o.
W: Sure, there's many bonnie Jeans in the streets of Aberdeen,
W: But the fairest of them all still dwells in Fyvie-o.
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