Peggy Gordon

a traditional irish song , made famous by the dubliners . as with any traditional song there is an unlimtited amount of verses , with a million versions of each of these verses . i have included the most common ones , the ones that i were used by the dubliners . repeat the chords for the first Verse all the way through . oh [ D ] peggy gordon you [ G ] are my [ D ] dar [ A ] ling , [ G ] come sit you [ D ] down upon my [ A ] knee , [ G ] come tell to [ D ] me the [ G ] very [ D ] reas [ A ] on , [ G ] why i Am [ D ] slighted [ A ] , so by [ D ] thee , i’m so 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 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 i wish i was away in ingo far across the briny sea sailing o’er the deepest ocean where love nor care never bother me i wish i was in some lonesome valley where womankind can not 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 enjoy!