Текст песни The National - Peggy-O

As we rode on out to Fennario,
    As we rode on out to Fennario,
Our captain fell in love... with a lady like a dove
And called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O.

    Will you marry me... pretty Peggy-O,
will you marry me... pretty Peggy-O?
If you will marry me, oh... I'll set your cities free
And free all the ladies... in the area-O.

    Oh, I would marry you, sweet William-O,
    Oh, I would marry you... sweet William-O
Oh, I would marry you... but your guineas are too few
And I fear my mama would be angry-O.

    What would your mama think... pretty Peggy-O,
    What would your mama think... pretty Peggy-O,
What would your mama think... if she heard my guineas clink
And saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-O?

    Oh, if I ever I return... pretty Peggy-O,
    If I ever I return... pretty Peggy-O,
Oh, if I ever I return... your cities I will burn
And destroy all the ladies in the area-O.

    Come steppin' down the stairs pretty Peggy-O,
    Come steppin' down the stairs pretty Peggy-O,
Come steppin' down the stairs combin' back your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to your William-O.

    Sweet William he is dead... pretty Peggy-O,
    Sweet William he is dead... pretty Peggy-O,
Sweet William he is dead... and he died for a maid
And he's buried in the Louisiana country-O.

    As we rode on out, to Fennario,
    As we rode on out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love... with a lady like a dove,
And called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O.