Ewan MacColl — The Bonnie Lass of Fyvie

It was a troop o' Irish dragoons Cam marchin- doon through Fyvie O, an‘ the captain's fa'n in love wi' a very Bonnie lass An ‘her name it was ca'd pretty Peggy O Noo there's mony a bonnie lass in the howe o' Auchterless There's mony a bonnie lassie in the Geerie O There's mony a bonny Jean in the streets o' Aberdeen But the flower o' them a' is in Fyvie O "O come doon the stair, pretty Peggy, my dear; O come doon the stair, pretty Peggy O It's come doon the stair - comb back your yеllow Hair Tak" a last fareweel o' your daddy O." "It's braw, ay it's braw a Captain's lady to be - It's braw to be a Captain's lady O It's braw to ridе and rant, and to follow wi' the Camp And to march when your Captain he is ready O." "It's I'll gie ye ribbons, love, and I'll gie ye Rings And I'll gie ye a necklace o' amber O I'll gie ye silken petticoats wi' flounces to the Knee Gin ye'll convoy me doen to my chamber O." "Fit wouli your manmmy think if she heard the Guincas clink And the hautboys playin' afore ye O?" "0 little wad ma mammy think, though she heart The guincas clink If I followed a sodger laddie O." "A sodger's wife I never shall be - A sodger shall never enjoy me O I never do intend to go to 'a foreign land And I never will marry a sodger O." The Colonel cries, "Mount, boys - mount, boys - Mount!" But the Captain he cries, "O tarry O O tarry a while, just anither day or twa For to see if this bonnie lass will marry O." "I'll drink nac mair o' your guid clarct wine - I'll drink nae mair o' your glasses O Ay, the morn is the day that I maun march away So adieu to ye, Fyvie lasses O." It's early next mornin' that we marched awa And O but wer Captain he was sorry O The drums they did beat ower the bonnie braes o!' Gight And the band played 'The Bonnie Lewes o' Fyvie' O It's lang ere we wan tae Auld Meldrum toon We had wer Captain to cairry O And lang ere we wan into bonnie Aberdeen We got wer Captain to bury O green grow the birks upon bonnie Ythanside And low lie the lowlands o' Fyvie O The Captain's name was Ned. He died for a maid He died for the chambermaid o' Fyvie O