Mary Ann Regrets
recorded by Burl Ives [3/4 time]
written by Harland Howard
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I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers
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For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours
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Then today in the mail I received this short little note
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And I broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote
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Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again
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We're leaving for Europe next week she'll be busy 'till then
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They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plan
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Goodbye good luck goodbye my sweet Mary Ann
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The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then
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In the papers I read of the far away places she's been
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I can't eat I can't sleep for over and over again
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My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann
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My Mary Ann died they say she just wasted away
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If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today
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For we loved each other and if they had left us alone
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Today she'd be wearing my ring not a blanket of stone
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