PEGGY GORDON



O Peggy Gordon, You are my darling

Come sit you down upon my knee

And tell to me the very reason

Why I am slighted so by thee



I am so deep in love that I can't deny it

My heart lies smothered in my breast

But it's not for you to let the whole world know it

A troubled mind can find no rest



I leaned myself on a cask of brandy

It was my fancy, I do declare

For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking

Wishing Peggy Gordon was there



I wished I was in a lonesome valley

Where womankind cannot be found

And the pretty little birds do change their voices

And every moment a different sound



I wish I was away in Ingo

Far away across the briny sea

Sailing over deepest waters

Where love nor care never trouble me



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Collected in Nova Scotia by Helen Creighton

sung by Tony Saletan and by Robin & Barry Dranesfield

printed in Sing Out



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