Bonny Lass of FyvieThere was a troop of Irish dragoonsCome marching down through Fyvie o And their captain's fallen in love with a handsome serving maid And the name she was called was pretty Peggy o There's many a bonny lass in the town of Auchterless There's many a bonny lass in the Geerie o There's many a bonny Jean in the town of Aberdeen But the fairest of all of them's in Fyvie o It's come down the stair pretty Peggy my dear Come down the stair pretty Peggy o It's come down the stair, bind back your yellow hair Say farewell to your mammy o What would your mammy think if she heard the guineas clink And the hautboys playing afore you o What would your mammy think if she heard the guineas clink And kent you were married to a soldier o O a soldier's wife I never will be A soldier shall never enjoy me For I do not intend to go to a foreign land So I'll not be married to a soldier o O you'll not be a soldier's wife For you'll be the captain's lady o I'll make the troops to stand with their hats into their hand When they come in the presence of my Peggy o But the colonel he cries, Now mount, boys, mount The captain he cries, Tarry o O gang nae awa for another day or twa Till we see if this bonny lass will marry o It was early next morning that we rode away But o our captain was sorry o The drums they did beat o'er the bonny braes of Gight And the pipes played The Bonny Lowes o' Fyvie o And long ere we came into bonny Meldrun town Our captain we had for to carry o And long ere we came into bonny Aberdeen Our captain we had for to bury o Green grows the birk on bonny Ythanside Low lie the lowlands of Fyvie o Our captain's name was Ned and he died for a maid He died for the chambermaid of Fyvie o
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