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- Teideal (Title): Peggy Gordon.
- Uimhir Chatalóige Ollscoil Washington (University of Washington Catalogue Number): 843503.
- Uimhir Chnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann (National Folklore of Ireland Number): none.
- Uimhir Roud (Roud Number): 2280.
- Uimhir Laws (Laws Number): none.
- Uimhir Child (Child Number): none.
- Cnuasach (Collection): Joe Heaney Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.
- Teanga na Croímhíre (Core-Item Language): English.
- Catagóir (Category): song.
- Ainm an té a thug (Name of Informant): Joe Heaney.
- Ainm an té a thóg (Name of Collector): Sonia Tamar Seeman.
- Dáta an taifeadta (Recording Date): 1983.
- Suíomh an taifeadta (Recording Location): University of Washington, United States of America.
- Ocáid an taifeadta (Recording Occasion): private lesson.
- Daoine eile a bhí i láthair (Others present): unavailable.
- Stádas chóipcheart an taifeadta (Recording copyright status): unavailable.
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.
I’m so deep 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 find no rest
I leaned myself on a cask of brandy
It was my fancy, I do declare
For when I’m drinking, I’m always thinking
Wishing Peggy Gordon was there
I wish I was in some lonesome valley
Where womankind cannot be found
And the pretty little birds they change their voices
And every moment a different sound
I wish I was away in India
Far away across the briny sea
Sailing o’er the deepest oceans
Where lovers cares never trouble me
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.