As we rode on down to Fenario
As we rode on down to Fenario
Our Captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O

Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O
Will you marry me, pretty Peggy-O
If you will marry me I will set your cities free
And free all the ladies in the are-o

I will marry you, sweet William-O
I will marry you, sweet William-O
I will marry you but your guineas are too few
and I'm afraid that my momma would be angry-o

What would your momma think, pretty Peggy-O
What would your momma think pretty Peggy-O
What would your momma think if she could hear my guineas clink
and she saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-o

Come stepping down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come stepping down the stairs, pretty Peggy-O
Come stepping down the stairs combing back your yellow hair
the prettiest of the ladies in the are-o

Sweet William, he id dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William, he id dead, pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William he is dead and he died for a maid
and he's buried in the Louisiana country-o

As we rode on down to Fenario
As we rode on down to Fenario
Our Captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O