Please Pardon Me

Album: Leadbelly Volume One (1935)
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  • Mary, sweet Mary
    Oh Mary, sweet Mary
    Oh Mary, sweet Mary
    Oh Mary, sweet Mary
    Nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
    When the judge took my liberty away from me
    In nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
    When the judge took my liberty away from me
    I left my wife wringin' her hands and cryin',
    Sayin', "Lord have mercy on that man of mine"
    I left my wife wringin' her hands and cryin',
    Sayin', "Lord have mercy on that man of mine"
    Told my wife before I left the land,
    If I never no more see her do the best she can
    I told my wife before I left the land,
    If I never no more see her do the best she can
    Goodbye, Mary, ooh ooh ooh
    Oh Mary, ooh ooh ooh
    Had the Governor Neff like you got me,
    I'd a-wake up in the mornin', I'd set you free
    If I had the Governor Neff like you got me,
    I'd a-wake up in the mornin', I would set you free
    Goin' back to Mary, sweet Mary
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