The Maid Of Fife

G
There once was a troop of Irish dragoons
                         D
Come marching down thru Fyvie-O
         G                                       C
And the captain fell in love wi' a very bonnie lass
                      G        D         G
And he called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O

[Verse 2]

G
There's many a bonnie lass in the glen of Auchterlass
                         D
There's many a bonnie lass in Gairioch-oO
         G                                       C
There's many a bonnie Jean in the streets of Aberdeen
                      G        D         G
But the flower of them all lives in Fyvie, O

[Verse 3]

G
Come trippin' down the stair, Pretty Peggy, my dear
                         D
Come down the stairs, Pretty Peggy-O
         G                                       C
Come trippin' down the stairs, combin' back your yellow hair
                      G        D         G
Bid a long farewell to your mammy-O


[Verse 4]

G
It's braw, aye it's braw, a captain's lady for to be
                         D
And it's braw to be a captain's lady-O
         G                                       C
It's braw to ride around and to follow the camp
                      G        D         G
And to ride when your captain he is ready-O


[Verse 5]

G
O I'll give you ribbons, love, and I'll give you rings
                         D
I'll give you a necklace of amber-O
         G                                       C
I'll give you a silken petticoat with flounces to the knee
                      G        D         G
If you'll convey me doon to your chamber-O

[Verse 6]

G
What would your mother think if she heard the guineas clink
                         D
And saw the haut-boys marching all before you-O
         G                                       C
O little would she think gin she heard the guineas clink
              G        D         G
If I followed a soldier laddie-O

[Verse 6]

G
I never did intend a soldier's lady for to be
                         D
A soldier shall never enjoy me-O
         G                               C
I never did intend to gae tae a foreign land
              G        D         G
And I will never marry a soldier-O

[Verse 7]

G
I'll drink nae more o your claret wine
                         D
I'll drink nae more o your glasses-O
         G                               C
Tomorrow is the day when we maun ride away
              G        D         G
So farewell tae your Fyvie lasses-O

[Verse 8]

G
The colonel he cried, mount, boys, mount, boys, mount
                         D
The captain, he cried, tarry-O
         G                               C
O tarry yet a while, just another day or twa
              G        D         G
Til I see if the bonnie lass will marry-O


[Verse 9]

G
Twas in the early morning, when we marched awa
                         D
And O but the captain he was sorry-O
         G                               C
The drums they did beat on the merry braes o' Gight
              G        D         G
And the band played the bonnie lass of Fyvie-O

[Verse 10]

G
Long ere we came to the glen of Auchterlass
                         D
We had our captain to carry-O
         G                               C
And long ere we won into the streets of Aberdeen
              G        D         G
We had our captain to bury-O

[Verse 11]

G
Green grow the birks on bonnie Ethanside
                         D
And low lie the lowlands of Fyvie-O
         G                               C
The captain's name was Ned and he died for a maid
              G        D         G
He died for the bonny lass of Fyvie-O