Peggy Dear- Ruby Vass (VA) c1965 IMSB
[My date. From Ruby Vass as learned by Iron Mountain String Band on FA 3836 "Someday We'll Meet Again Soon", 1981. Ruby Vass from Fancy Gap, VA was an informant for Herbert Shellans in the 1950s.
R. Matteson 2016]
"Peggy Dear"- sung by Moyer. This version was recorded from Ruby Vass.
1. Oh Peggy dear, go ask your poppa
If you can be a bride of mine
If he says yes, come back and tell me
If he says no, we'll run away.
2. Oh Willie dear, ain't no use asking
For he's in his room taking a rest
And by his side's a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best.
3. Oh Peggy dear, go ask your momma
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes, come back and tell me
If she says no, we'll run away.
4. Oh Willie dear, ain't no use asking
For she's in her room taking a rest
And by her side's a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best.
5. Then she pulled out that silver dagger
And drove it through her fair white breast
Oh goodbye momma and goodbye poppa
Goodbye to the one that I love best.
6. Then he picked up that blood-stained dagger
And drove it through his sheveled breast
Oh goodbye Peg, oh goodbye darling
Goodbye to the one that I love best.