The Maid of Fife Lyrics

There once was a troop of Irish dragoons
Come marching down thru Fife-y, O
And the captain feel in love with a very bonnie la*s
And the name she was called was pretty Peggy-o

There's many a bonnie la*s in the glen of Auchterla*s
There's many a bonnie la*s in Gairioch-o
There's many a bonnie Jean in the streets of Aberdeen
But the flower of them all lives in Fife-y, O

O come down the stairs, Pretty Peggy, my dear
Come down the stairs, Pretty Peggy-o
Come down the stairs, comb back your yellow hair
Bid a long farewell to your mammy-o

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

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

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

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

I'll drink nae more o your claret wine
I'll drink nae more o your gla*ses-o
Tomorrow is the day when we maun ride away
So farewell tae your Fyvie la*ses-o

The colonel he cried, mount, boys, mount,boys, mount
The captain, he cried, tarry-o
O tarry yet a while, just another day or twa
Til I see if the bonnie la*s will marry-o

Twas in the early morning, when we marched awa
And O but the captain he was sorry-o
The drums they did beat a merry bra*selgeicht
And the band played the bonnie la*s of Fife-y, O

Long ere we came to the glen of Auchterla*s
We had our captain to carry-o
And long ere we won into the streets of Aberdeen
We had our captain to bury-o

Green grow the birks on bonnie Ethanside
And low lie the lowlands of Fife-y, O
The captain's name was Ned and he died for a maid
He died for the bonny la*s of Fife-y, O

The Clancy Brothers - Clancy Brothers - Greatest Hits

Oct 1990

1. The Maid of Fife
2. Jug of Punch
3. Gallant Forty-TWA
4. Whistling Gypsy
5. The Leaving of Liverpool
6. Mountain Dew
7. The Nightingale
8. Roddy McCaulay
9. Castle of Dramore
10. Father's Grave
11. Johnny McAdoo
12. The Irish Rover
13. Old Woman From Wexford
14. Bonnie Charlie
15. Jolly Tinker
16. Haul Away Joe
17. The Shoals of Herring
18. The Mermaid
19. Kelly- The Boy from Killarn
20. Rosin the Bow
21. Whisky is the Life of Man
22. Macpherson's Lament
23. Whisky, You're the Devil
24. Holy Ground