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lyrics to song hand written by William Mungen "The Low-Backed Car"
When first I saw sweet Peggy,
'Twas on a market day,
A Low-backed Car she drove, and sat,
Upon a truss of hay;
But when that hay was blooming grass,
And decked with flowers of spring,
No flower was there, That could compare
With the blooming girl I sing!
As she sat in hew low-backed car,
The man at the turnpike bar,
Never asked for the toll, But just rubbed his auld poll,
And looked after the low backed car!
In battle's wild commotion, The proud and mighty Mars,
With hostile scythes demands his tithes
Of death, in war-like cars!
But Peggy, peaceful Goddess, Has darts in her bright eye,
That knock men down in the market town,
As right and left they fly!
While she sits in her low-backed car,
Than battle more dangerous far,
For the doctor's art cannot cure the heart,
That is hit from the low-backed car!
Sweet Peggy round her car, sir!
Has strings of ducks and geese,
But the scores of hearts she slaughters,
By far outnumber these;
While she among her poultry sits,
Just like a turtle dove,
Well worth the cage, I do engage,
Of the blooming God of love!
While she sits on hew low-backed car,
The lovers come near and far,
And envy the chicken that Peggy is pickin,
While she sits in her low-backed car.
I'd rather own that car sir!
With Peggy by my side,
Than a couch and four, and gold galore
And a lady for my bride;
For the lady would sit forninst* me,
On a cushion made with taste,
While Peggy would sit beside me,
With my arm around her waist.
As we drove in the low-backed car,
To be married by Father Maher;
Oh my heart would beat high,
At her glance and her sigh,
Though' it beat in a low-backed car!
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsUpdate Date
January 23, 2026
