The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie lyrics

[Verse 1]
There once was a troop of Irish dragoons
Came marchin' down through Fyvie'o
And the captain fell in love with a very bonnie lass
Her name it was called pretty Peggy'o

[Verse 2]
There's many's a bonnie lass in the town of Auchterless
There's many's a bonnie lassie in ol' Garioch
There's many's a bonnie Jean in the streets of Aberdeen
But the flower of them all lives down in Fyvie'o

[Verse 3]
Come down the stairs, pretty Peggy, my dear
Come down the stairs, pretty Peggy'o
I come down the stairs, comb back yer yellow hair
Say long farewell to yer mommy'o

[Verse 4]
I never did intend a soldier's lady for to be
I never will marry a soldier'o
I never did intend to go on to a foreign land
I never will marry a soldier'o

[Verse 5]
The colonel he cried, "Mount!"
"Mount, boys, mount!"
The captain he cried, "Tally-ho!"
And tallied for a while for another day or two
'Till I see if this bonnie lass will marry'o
[Verse 6]
'Twas early next morning when we marched to war
And oh! But our captain he was sorry'o
The drums they did beat o'er the merry braes o' Gight
And the pipes played the Bonnie Lass of Fyvie'o

[Verse 7]
Long ere we came to Oldmeldrum town
We had our captain to carry'o
And long ere we came to the town of Aberdeen
We had our captain to bury'o

[Verse 8]
Green grow the birks on bonnie Ythanside
And low lie the lowlands of Fyvie'o
Our captain's name was Ned and he died for a maid
He died for the chamber maid of Fyvie'o