The Bonnie Lass Of Fyvie

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There once was troop of Irish dragoons
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Come mairchin' doon through Fyvie O
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The captain's fa'en in love wi' a very bonnie quine
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Her name that she had was pretty Peggy O

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"Ah, come runnin' doon the stairs, pretty Peggy, my dear
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Come runnin' doon the stairs, pretty Peggy O
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Come runnin' doon the stairs an' tie back yer yellow hair
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Tak' a last fareweel tae yer daddie O"

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For it's, "I'll buy ye ribbons an' I'll buy ye rings
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I'll buy ye necklaces o' lammer O
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I'll buy ye a silken gown for tae clead ye up an' doon
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If ye'd just come doon intae ma chamber O"

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"Well, I'll hae nane o' yer ribbons, I'll hae nane o' yer rings
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An' nane o' yer necklaces o' lammer O
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An' as for silken gown, I will never put it on
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An' I never will enter yer chamber O"

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There's mony a bonnie lass in the howe o' Auchterless
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An' mony a bonnie lassie in the gearie O
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There's mony a bonnie Jean in the toon o' Aberdeen
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But the flo'er o' them a' bides in Fyvie O

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Well, the colonel, he cries, "Mount boys, mount boys, mount"
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And the captain, he cries, "Tarry O
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Tarry for awhile, just anither day or twa
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For tae see if the bonnie lass will marry O"

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"I'll drink nae mair o' yer guid claret wine
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I'll drink nae mair o' yer glasses O
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For the morn is the day that I maun ride away
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Wi' adieu tae ye, Fyvie lassies O"

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An' it's syne e'er we got tae auld Meldrum toon
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Oor captain we had for tae carry O
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An' syne e'er we got intae bonnie Aberdeen
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Oor captain we had for tae bury O

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It's green grow the birks on Bonnie Ythan side
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And low lie the Lowlands o' Fyvie O
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Oor captain's name was Ned, an' he's died for a maid
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He's died for the sodger lass o' Fyvie O

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There once was troop of Irish dragoons
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Come mairchin' doon through Fyvie O
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The captain's fa'en in love wi' a very bonnie quine
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Her name that she had was pretty Peggy O