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Peggy Gordon

The lyrics to Peggy Gordon probably originated in Canada or Nova Scotia and feature a man lamenting the fact that he has been rejected by the woman he loves.

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The chords are presented here in G Major, the key used by Luke Kelly is his performance of Peggy Gordon.

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Both Sinead O’Connor and Paddy Reilly sing the song in D. The Corrs play it in C Major.

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Peggy Gordon Lyrics and Chords

 

Oh  

G 

Peggy 

 

Gor

D 

don you  

Am 

are my  

G 

dar

D 

ling,

 

C 

Come sit you  

G 

down upon my  

D 

knee,

 

And  

C 

tell to  

G 

me the  

Am 

very 

 

 

G 

reas

D 

on,

C 

Why I am  

G 

slighted 

 

 

D 

so by  

G 

thee.

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I’m so in love, I can’t deny it,

My heart lies smothered in my breast,

But it’s not for you to let the world know it,

A troubled mind can know no rest.

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I did 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 was here.

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I wish I was away in Ingo,

Far across the briny sea,

Sailing o’er the deepest ocean,

Where love or care never bothered me.

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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.

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Oh Peggy Gordon you are my darling,

Come sit you down upon my knee,

And tell to me the very reason,

Why I am slighted so by thee.

Peggy Gordon
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