“Peggy Gordon”
Description
"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." Spurned, the singer wishes he were far away, or drinking, or doing something to ease the pain of separation
Cross references
- cf. "Fair and Tender Ladies" (floating lyrics)
- cf. "O'Reilly from the County Leitrim" (lyrics in common with the "Youth and Folly" texts)
Recordings
- Grace Clergy, "Peggy Gordon" (on MRHCreighton)
References
- Gilbert, p. 127, [No title] (1 fragmentary text)
- Abrahams/Foss, p. 164, (no title) (1 tune, partial text, probably this song)
- JHCox 141, "Youth and Folly" (1 text, with many floating verses but such plot as it has derived from this song); 142, "Maggie Goddon" (1 text)
- Creighton/Senior, pp. 194-195, "Peggy Gordon" (1 text plus 1 fragment, 1 tune)
- Creighton-Maritime, pp. 74-75, "Peggy Gordon" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Peacock, pp. 475-476, "Love is Lovely" (1 text, 1 tune, strongly composite, starting with a verse perhaps from "Peggy Gordon," then the chorus of "Waly Waly (The Water Is Wide)," two more which might be anything, and a conclusion from "Carrickfergus")
- DT, PEGGORDN*
- Roud #2280
- BI, Gil127