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

I'm so deep in love that I can't deny it
My heart lies smothered in my breast
But it's not for you to let the whole world know it
For a troubled mind can't find no rest

I put my head to a glass of brandy
It was my fancy I do declare
For when I'm drinking I'm always thinking
And wishing Peggy Gordon was here

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

I wish I was away in Ingles
Of far across the briny sea
Or sailing over the deepest ocean
Where Peggy Gorden never bothers me 

I wish I was in a lonesome valley
Where womankind cannot be found
And where the birds, they change their voices
And every moment a different sound

O 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
Why I am slighted so by thee