Peggy & The Soldier

Oh it's of an old soldier come from sea
His musket all over his shoulder
And it's on pretty Peggy he cast his eye
And she cast her eye on the soldier

Oh me gold, me silver, it shall be thine
I'll give yez all the gold in me plunder
If you'll leave all your land, leave your husband dear
And you'll sail all o'er the sea with the soldier

John, her husband, he mounted his high horse back
Expecting for to meet her by the water
But when he got there it was late in the day
And she'd fled o'er the sea with the soldier

But they hadn't been sailing a week or more
When her love, oh, it turned to anger
He beat her and he kicked her, he called her “whore,”
Sent her back to her John in the morning

As Peggy walked up and as Peggy walked down
People asked her where she was going
She made not an answer, she couldn't tell where
For she'd been o'er the sea with the soldier

When Peggy got home, it was late in the night
And she was ashamed to be seen
It was under the window she listened a while
At her husband a-nursing the baby

“Oh, rock-a-bye, little one, and don't you cry
Your momma's gone and left you in sorrow
And if she comes back, well, she can't stay here
She can go back to sea with the soldier.”

“Oh, open the door, love, and let me in
And I'll never prove false any longer.”
“You can go from me door, well, and leave me alone
You can find you a home with your soldier.”

John, her husband, he mounted his high horse back
He rode till he came to the water
He abusèd the wind and the waters clear
Sent Peggy over sea with the soldier

He abusèd the man that builded the boat
Abusèd the captain that sailed her
He abusèd the wind and the waters clear
Sent Peggy over sea with the soldier