Oh Peggy Gordon, you are my darling Come sit you down upon my knee Come tell to me the very reason Why I am slighted so by thee I am in love, I can't deny it My heart lies smothered in my breast It's not for you to let the world know it A troubled mind can know no rest I put my head to a cask of brandy It was my fancy, I do declare For when I'm drinking, I am thinking And wishing Peggy Gordon here I wish I was away in Engle Oh, far across the briny sea Sailing o'er the deepest ocean Where love nor care ne'er bother me I wish I was in some lonesome valley Where womankind cannot be found Where the pretty small birds do change their voices And every moment a different sound Oh Peggy Gordon, you are my darling Come sit you down upon my knee Come tell to me the very reason Why I am slighted so by thee Why I am slighted so by thee I am in love, I can't deny it My heart lies smothered in my breast It's not for you to let the world know it A troubled mind can know no rest