Young Peggy

Young Peggy (Roud 3875, Child 298) is an English-language folk song.

Plot

The title character Peggy is secretly meeting her lover Jamie against the wishes of her family, who call him a loon and a rogue. The two run off together in the middle of the night. Peggy's father gives chase but by the time he catches up with them, they have already signed the wedding papers.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Child, Francis James (1904). Sargent, Helen Child; Kittredge, George Lyman (eds.). English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. p. 729. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
^ Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G. (2012). "Nine Hundred Miles". Folklore The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. California State University, Fresno. Retrieved 2017-10-30.

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[Child-1] Child, Francis James (1904). Sargent, Helen Child; Kittredge, George Lyman (eds.). English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. p. 729. Retrieved 2017-10-30.

[2] Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G. (2012). "Nine Hundred Miles". Folklore The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. California State University, Fresno. Retrieved 2017-10-30.

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Young Peggy

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