Peggy O'Neil (1921)

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Description

A slow, nostalgic waltz with a fast patter.

Lyrics:

1. Peggy O'Neil is a girl who could steal
Any heart, any where, any time
And I'll put you wise how you'll recognize
This wonderful girl of mine

Chorus:
If her eyes are blue as skies, that's Peggy O'Neil
If she's smiling all the while, that's Peggy O'Neil
If she walks like a sly little rogue
If she talks with a cute little brogue
Sweet personality, full of rascality, that's Peggy O'Neil

2. Everything's planned for a wedding so grand
In the spring I will bring her the ring
Then somewhere in town we'll both settle down
And all through the day I'll sing

Patter Chorus:
Annie Rooney set a fellow looney, but a million fellows
Get to feeling spooney, when they meet Peggy O'Neil
There was nothing slow with Molly O, but still and all I know
That she could never stand a show, with Sweet Peggy O'Neil
Rose O'Grady was a perfect lady, with a simple winning baby smile
Peggy isn't simple that is why she has the other girlies beat a mile
So if you meet a girl who's sweeter than Bedelia
And you feel you want to say "I'd like to steal yer"
That's Peggy O'Neil

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words and music by Harry Pease, Ed G. Nelson, Gilbert Dodge
published by Leo. Feist

This Irish-American song references Little Annie Rooney (1890), Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1896), and Bedelia (1903). It was a hit in vaudeville and very popular at family and community sings.

sung by sheet music singer Fred Feild
piano according to the sheet music

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Get the sheet music and MIDI at:
https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/peggy-oneil/