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Thread #142950   Message #3542069
Posted By: MGM·Lion
26-Jul-13 - 01:37 PM
Thread Name: Peggy Ramsey - please translate Scots-English
Subject: RE: Peggy Ramsey - pls transl Scots-English
Very different words from those sung by Alfred Deller on old HMV red-label LP with Desmond Dupré, Shakespeare Songs & Lute Solos, which I have been singing for years:

Peggy is a bonnie lass and clever with her hands
And well can make a living at the things she understands
For when the Ramsey shepherd lad has trouble with the lambs he
Often gets the best of help from bonny Peg-a-Ramsey

Peggy is a pretty lass and nimble on hr feet
And when she skips an Irish jig her steps are bad to beat
And when the clumsy shepherd lad has slithered on his hands he
Soon will get a helping hand of bonny Peg-a-Ramsey

Peggy is a jolly lass and merry in her eye
And certain sure the shepherd will be happy bye-and-bye
For soon as he is finished with the rams and rams and lambs he
Won't be long to go to church with bonny Peg-a-Ramsey.


Anyone else know/sing this version?

~M~