The Book of Scottish Song/Peggy, now the king's come

Peggy, now the king’s come.

[From Ramsay's "Gentle Shepherd."]

Peggy, now the king's come,
Peggy, now the king's come,
Thou may dance and I shall sing,
Peggy, since the king's come.

Nae mair the hawkies shalt thou milk,
But change thy plaiding-coat for silk,
And be a lady of that ilk,
Now, Peggy, since the king's come.

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