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SWEET MARY
©Angry Johnny And The Killbillies-Bonesaw Lullaby BMI

For the love of sweet Mary I wished
But her heart chose another man
Now the two lie together just food for the fish
In the shadow of the Nonotuck dam

I wanted her all for my own
But fate had made other plans
Now she’s weighted with stone and I’m all alone
I’ll never see sweet Mary again

Sweet Mary I knew since we were just ten
I loved her from the very first day
We were never apart that girl owned my heart
I remember how we used to play

When we were nineteen my whole world came crashing
Sweet Mary she told me goodbye
Her heart now belonged to a man much more dashing
More handsome and richer than I

Sweet Mary was happy as I’d ever seen her
She glowed when she walked down the avenue
As for me I had never felt darker or meaner
I drank every night with the tavern crew

They were the talk of the town she was the bell of the ball
They made nightmares of all of my dreams my dreams
Then I saw them one night down at Indian Falls
And the rapids drowned out Mary’s screams

With rope I did bind them and weight them with stone
I sank them beneath the old dam
I had wanted sweet Mary all for my own
But fate had made other plans

And people did wonder what happened to them
Perhaps they ran off and were wed
Sometimes I buy a bottle and sit on the dam
And drink to my dear sweet dead Mary

For the love of sweet Mary I wished......

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from The Hanging Of Hattie Ledoux, released October 8, 2014

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Angry Johnny And The Killbillies Easthampton, Massachusetts

I get on with my days
In a permanent haze
People think it’s a phase
But my madness is growing…

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