TRACK TALK #425 Pretty Peggy-O

PRETTY PEGGY-O
ALBUM : Bob Dylan (1962)
Recorded : 20-21 Novembre 1961
Released : 19 Mars 1962

Arrangement d'une vieille chanson irlandaise parlant de la romance entre un soldat et une jeune femme.

Première performance live : New York (4 Novembre 1961)
Dernière performance live : Melbourne (19 Août 1998)
Total : 52 fois.



Lyrics
I've been around this whole country
But I never yet found Fenneario

Well, as we marched down, as we marched down
Well, as we marched down to Fennerio'
Well, our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
Her name that she had was Pretty Peggy-O

Well, what will your mother say, what will your mother say
What will your mother say, Pretty Peggy-O
What will your mother say to know you're going away
You're never, never, never coming back-io ?

Come a-running down your stairs
Come a-running down your stairs
Come a-running down your stairs, Pretty Peggy-O
Come a-running down your stairs
Combing back your yellow hair
You're the prettiest darned girl I ever seen-io.

The lieutenant he has gone
The lieutenant he has gone
The lieutenant he has gone, Pretty Peggy-O
The lieutenant he has gone, long gone
He's a-riding down in Texas with the rodeo.

Well, our captain he is dead, our captain he is dead
Our captain he is dead, Pretty Peggy-O
Well, our captain he is dead, died for a maid
He's buried somewhere in Louisiana-O.