SONG INFORMATION

Origins: Traditional (Scotland, Britian, Appalachia, Southeast, South, Midwest, pre-1839)
Also known/titled as: "The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie", "Fennario", and "The Maid of Fife"
Song we know today was adapted from Scottish folk song "The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie"
First performed by Grateful Dead (1973) and released (1999)

LYRICS

As we rode out to Fennario
As we rode out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And he called her by name pretty Peggy-O

Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O
If you will marry me, I will 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
And saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-O

If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-O
If ever I return, all your citie

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