What will your mother think, pretty Peggy-O,
What will your mother think, pretty Peggo-O,
What will your mother think, for to hear the guineas clink,
And the soldiers marching before you, O?
Yes, the story is clearer from the Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem version. The Captain- Ned from Clancy/Makem, and Sweet William from Joan Baez- dies of unrequited love (or infatuation). I listened to various Clancy/Makem versions- including a CD of mine- while looking at the lyrics. Not every version of the song uses the same verses.
I am reminded of another song Joan Baez has recorded where Sweet William dies of unrequited love. Barbara Allen
I hadn’t head this version. The story is a bit confusing as she give it. It’s clearer in this one:
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Yes, the story is clearer from the Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem version. The Captain- Ned from Clancy/Makem, and Sweet William from Joan Baez- dies of unrequited love (or infatuation). I listened to various Clancy/Makem versions- including a CD of mine- while looking at the lyrics. Not every version of the song uses the same verses.
ReplyDeleteI am reminded of another song Joan Baez has recorded where Sweet William dies of unrequited love. Barbara Allen
Now that one I learned from Porky Pig.
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Maybe that's where the Everly Brothers learned Barbara Allen. (bad joke- learned the song from their father....)
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