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