There once was troop of Irish dragoons
Come mairchin' doon through Fyvie O
The captain's fa'en in love wi' a very bonnie quine
Her name that she had was pretty Peggy O
Ah come runnin' doon the stairs, pretty Peggy, my dear
Come runnin' doon the stairs, pretty Peggy O
Come runnin' doon the stairs an' tie back yer yellow hair
Tak' a last fareweel tae yer daddie O
For it's I'll buy ye ribbons an' I'll buy ye rings
I'll buy ye necklaces o' lammer O
I'll buy ye silken goon for tae clead ye up an' doon
If ye'd just come doon intae ma chamber O
Well, I'll hae nane o' yer ribbons, I'll hae nane o' yer rings
An' nane o' yer necklaces o' lammer O
An' as for silken goon, I will never put it on
An' I never will enter yer chamber O
There's mony a bonnie lass in the howe o' Auchterless
An' mony a bonnie lassie in the gearie O
There's mony a bonnie Jean in the toon o' Aberdeen
But the flo'er o' them a' bides in Fyvie O
Well, the colonel, he cries, Mount, boys, mount, boys, mount
And the captain, he cries, Tarry O
Tarry for a while, just anither day or twa
For tae see if the bonnie lass will marry O
I'll drink nae mair o' yer guid claret wine
I'll drink nae mair o' yer glasses O
For the morn is the day that I maun ride away
Wi' adieu tae ye, Fyvie lassies O
An' it's syne e'er we got tae Old Meldrum toon
Oor captain we had for tae carry O
An' syne e'er we got intae bonnie Aberdeen
Oor captain we had for tae bury O
It's green grow the birks on Bonnie Ythan side
And low lie the Lowlands o' Fyvie O
Oor captain's name was Ned, an' he's died for a maid
He's died for the sodger lass o' Fyvie O
There once was troop of Irish dragoons
Come mairchin' doon through Fyvie O
The captain's fa'en in love wi' a very bonnie quine
Her name that she had was pretty Peggy O