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T:The Bonnie Lass Of Fyvie-O
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A:Scotland
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w:There was - a - troop of I -rish Drag-oons Came
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w:march-in' - down through  - Fy-vie-o Our
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w:cap-tain's fa'n in love wi' a ve-ry bon-ny lass And her
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w:name it was called - Pret-ty Peg-gy-O
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W:There was a troop of Irish Drag-oons 
W:Came marchin' down through Fyvie-o,
W:Our captain's fa'n in love wi' a very bonny lass
W:And her name it was called pretty Peggy-o.
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W:There's many a bonnie lass in the Howe of Auchterless, 
W:There's many a bonnie lass in the Gario,
W:There's many a bonnie Jean in the town of Aberdeen
W:But the flower of them all lies in Fyvie-o. 
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W:Oh come down the stair, pretty Peggy my dear,
W:Come down the stair pretty Peggy-o,
W:Come down the stair, bind up your yellow hair,
W:Give a last farewell to your daddy-o. 
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W:What would your mammy think, if she heard the guineas clink
W:And the fifes play shrill before you-o?
W:What would your mammy think, if she heard the guineas clink
W:And kent you had married a soldier-o? 
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W:A soldier's wife I never shall be,
W:A soldier shall never enjoy me-o.
W:For I never do intend to go to a foreign land,
W:So I never shall marry a soldier-o. 
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W:A soldier's wife you'll never need be
W:For you'll be the captain's lady-o.
W:And I'll make the troop to stand with their hats all in their hands
W:And they'll bow in the presence of my Peggy-o. 
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W:It's braw, aye, it's braw, a captain's lady for to be,
W:It's braw to be a captain's lady-o,
W:It's braw to rant and roar and to follow at his word
W:And to march when our colonel he is ready-o. 
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W:Mount, cries the co1onel, mount, boys, mount,
W:Oh tarry, says our captain, oh tarry-o,
W:And do not gang awa' for another day or twa
W:Till we see if this bonnie lass will marry-o. 
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W:It was the early morn when we rode away,
W:And oh but our captain was sorry-o,
W:The drums they did beat o'er the bonnie braes of Gight
W:And the fifes played the Lowlands of Fyvie-o. 
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W:Long ere we won into old Meldrum town
W:It's had we our captain for to carry-o,
W:And long ere we won into bonnie Aberdeen
W:It's we had our captain for to bury-o. 
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W:Green grows the birch on the bonnie Ythanside
W:And low lie the lowlands of Fyvie-O,
W:The captain's name was Ned, he died for a serving maid,

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