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Peggy O'Neil (sheet music, key of C, 2 pages)

Public domain - full karaoke  IMMHA-L282

Credit: Harry Pease, Ed G. Nelson and Gilbert Dodge · 1921

Origin: Published 1921 by Leo Feist (renewed 1949); public domain in the US since January 1, 2017. Two pages of piano/vocal sheet music in 3/4 waltz time, key of C, with guitar chord diagrams. The first page has a 'Memorable 1921 Events' box; the second page (page 24) is the chorus.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_O%27Neil

Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)

Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)

Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords simplified from the sheet music's guitar diagrams. Lyrics as printed on the sheet music.

C                      D7
Peggy O'Neil is a girl who could steal
     G7
Any heart, anywhere, any time,
         C            D7    G
And I'll put you wise how you'll recognize,
    D7    Bm   D7      G7
This wonderful girl of mine,

C                           D7
Ev'rything's planned for a wedding so grand,
       G7
In the spring I will bring her the ring,
        C                 D7    G
Then somewhere in town we'll both settle down
   D7       Bm   D7  G7
And all through the day I'll sing,

[Chorus]
C                           G7   F
If her eyes are blue as skies, That's Peggy O'Neil,
G7                              C
If she's smiling all the while, That's Peggy O'Neil,
Cdim          G7
If she walks like a sly little rogue
C         Cdim     G7
If she talks with a cute little brogue,
C             A7         D7
Sweet personality, full of rascality,
       G7       C
That's Peggy O'Neil.

Karaoke file (lyrics only): IMMHA-L282.lrc