Lyrics
Peg Leg Jack went out one night to get a little gin
He went up to the landlord's house, the landlord wasn't in
He rapped and rapped, he rapped and
Rapped, he rapped all night in vain
When all of a sudden came upon the window pane
Up to the window he turned his head and there a maid he spied
And he thought by the way that she turned
Her head that she would be his bride
"Come down, come down," says Peg Leg
Jack, "and sit on the porch with me"
Then down she came and sat on the porch as pretty as ever you'd see
But all of a sudden here came her father driving the village hack
With a roar and a bellow, "A-hey
Young fella!" he started for Peg Leg Jack
Then Jack went off with a yelp and a shout, for life to him was sweet
And Jack's peg leg went down the village street
The old mule cried, the fat lady
Screamed, the constable let out a yell
He grabbed the young lad by the collar and locked him in the cell
Then Peg Leg Jack he hurried back the maiden for to wed
But he found that she had gone and married a soldier boy instead
Poor Jack cried and then he bellowed and then began to roar
He jumped in a ship with his and sailed away from shore
He sailed away, so far away, he sailed as fast as sin
And Peg Leg Jack and his were never seen again