there once was a troop of irish dragoons came marching down through fyvie o and the captain fell in love with a very bonnie lass and the name it was called pretty peggy o so come ye down the stairs pretty peggy my dear oh come ye down the stairs pretty peggy o oh come ye down the stairs comb back your yellow hair bid a fine farewell to your daddy o no there s many a bonnie lass in the howe of auchterless there s many a bonnie lass in the garioch o and there s many a bonnie jean in the town of aberdeen but the flouer of them all is in fyvie o so come ye down the stairs pretty peggy my dear come ye down the stairs pretty peggy o come ye down the stairs comb back your yellow hair bid a fine farewell to your daddy o for it s i that ll give you ribbons for your bonnie golden hair i ll give ye a necklace of amber o i ll give ye a silken petticoats with flounces to the knee if you ll convey me down to my chamber o oh i have got ribbons for my bonnie golden hair and i have got a necklace of amber o and i have got petticoats befitting my degree and i scorn to be seen in your chamber o oh what would your mommy think if she heard the guineas clink and the hautboys a playin before you o what would your mommy think when she heard the guineas clink and kent you had married a soldier o  so come ye down the stairs pretty peggy my dear come ye down the stairs pretty peggy o come ye down the stairs comb back your yellow hair bid a fine farewell to your daddy o a soldier s wife i never shall be a soldier shall never enjoy me o for i never do intend to go to a foreign land so i never shall marry a soldier o a soldier s wife you never shall be for ye ll be the captain s lady o and the regiments shall stand with their hats into their hands and they ll bow in the presence of my peggy o so come ye down the stairs pretty peggy my dear come ye down the stairs pretty peggy o come ye down the stairs comb back your yellow hair bid a fine farewell to your daddy o and it s come ye down the stairs pretty peggy my dear come ye down the stairs pretty peggy o come ye down the stairs comb back your yellow hair bid a fine farewell to your daddy o