Peggy! Peggy! dearest Peggy! In her dainty frock of pink; Such ribbands, such rose buds, Just the sweetest thing, I think! But she has so many laddies Paying court from day to day; If I too should ask to wed her, What would she say?
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mary Helen Brown , "Peggy", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Miniatures ; Five encore songs, no. 1, Cincinnati : Church [sung text not yet checked]
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