Burl Ives - Peter Grey



Once  on a time there lived a man, 

His  name was  Peter  Gray; 

He lived way down in that there town

Called   Penn-syl-va-ni- a. 



Chorus:



Blow ye winds of morning, 

Blow ye winds heigh- o, 

Blow ye winds of morning, 

Blow,  blow,  blow. 



Now Peter fell in love all with

A  nice  young girl,

The first two letters of her name

Were Lucy, Annie, Pearl.



Just as  they were gwine to wed

Her father did say no;

And quin-ci-cont-ly she was sent

Beyond the Oh-i-o.



When Peter heard his love was lost,

He knew not what to say,

He'd half a mind to jump into

The Susquehan-i-a.



But he  went traveling to the west

For furs and other skins;

Till he was caught and scal-pi-ed

By blood-i In-ji-ins.



When Lucy-Annie heard the news,

She straightway took to bed,

And never did get up again

Until she di-i-ed.



You fathers all a warning take,

Each one as has a girl;

And think upon poor Peter Gray

And Lucy, Annie, Pearl.