Simon & Garfunkel: Peggy-o Meaning
Peggy-o Lyrics
As we marched down to Faneri-o
Our captain fell n love with a lady like a dove
And they called her name, pretty Peggy-o
Come a runnin' down the stairs, pretty Peggy-o
Come a runnin' down the stairs, pretty...
-
In the S&G version the meaning is a little ambiguous. It says that Peggy-O will ride away with her true love, but not that the captain is that true love. You might assume that at first, but when it ends “If ever I return, all your cities I will burn,” it seems that she has gone away with someone else and the captain would wreak revenge on all the cities and all the ladies in the are-o.
-
This song is based on an old Scottish song, The Bonny lass of Fyvie, about the unrequited love of a military office for a girl he meets during his campaign.
In a way it foreshadows the theme of the Eric Clapton song Layla, which was based on a Fifth Century Persian poem, in which a man kills himself after being denied a relationship with his beloved.
The song was transposed to occur in Louisiana and has also been titled Fennario. It has also been recorded by Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead and many other folk oriented artists.
More Simon & Garfunkel songs »
Latest Articles
-
A new era for Millennial favorite, Linkin Park -
Anime to watch for the soundtracks… and other reasons you’re undateable -
.jpg)
Dolly, we need you -
The Stranger Things Effect: How new media is drawing Gen Z and Alpha's attention to aging media -
The most underrated soundtrack of the early 2000s -
Buy the Soundtrack, Skip the Movie: Brainscan (1994)
Trending:
Blog posts mentioning Simon & Garfunkel
How The Smothers Brothers Were Too Daring For 1969 TV 
There's A Song For Every Phobia 
Merry Meet At Scarborough Fair 
Eight Reasons Why The Monterey International Pop Festival Was Better Than Woo... 
Cover Me Bad - Eight hit songs that nobody knows are cover versions Just Posted
| Amnesia | anonymous |
| Your Smiling Face | anonymous |
| You Should Be Dancing | anonymous |
| Washing Machine Heart | anonymous |
| Souvenirs | anonymous |
| Art Deco | anonymous |
| Let It Go | anonymous |
| The Greatest Show | anonymous |
| Vampire | anonymous |
| Vampire | anonymous |
| Sippy Cup | anonymous |
| A Place For My Head | anonymous |
| I Hope You Dance | anonymous |
| Metaphor | anonymous |
| Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) | anonymous |
