Pretty Peg
- Bothy Band
Key: C C ·
Orig: C ·
Capo:
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Time: 4/4 ·
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Verse 1
N.C.
When pretty Peg went down the street
Some fresh fish for to buy
N.C.
But the wee town clerk followed after her
And he kissed her by and by
Chorus
N.C.
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 2
G
"Oh, how can I get to your chamber, love?
C
Or how can I get to your bed?
G
When your daddy goes to bed at night
C
With a keen eye on his head?"
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 3
"Oh go and get the ladder, love
C
With thirty steps and three
G
And put it to the chimney top
C
And come down in a creel to me"
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 4
"I went and got a ladder, love
C
With thirty steps and three
G
And a creel on the top of that
C
And come down in the lum to thee"
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 5
No peace nor ease could the old wife get
C
With dreams running through her head
G
"I'll lay on me life," said the gay old wife
C
"There's a boy in me daughter's bed"
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 6
Then up the stairs the old man crept
C
And into the room did steal
G
Silence reigned where the daughter slept
C
And he never twigged the creel
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 7
"My curse attend you, father
C
What brought you up so soon?
G
To put me through my evening prayers
C
And I just lying down?"
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 8
He went back to his gay old wife
C
He went back to she
G
"She has the prayer book in her hand
C
And she's praying for you and me"
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 9
No peace nor ease could that old wife get
C
'Til she would rise and see
G
She came on a stumbling-block
C
And into the creel went she
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
Verse 10
"Oh, high I rocked her, oh, I rocked her
C
Didn't I rock her well?
G
For if any old wife begrudge me her daughter
C
I'll rock her into hell"
Chorus
G
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-dido
With my tiddy-right-fol-da-liddle-day
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