Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1919
Lyrics
Mary my dear, I want you near,
Promise that you will not leave me.
Surely you know I love you so,
Say that you never will grieve me.
I will be faithful kind and true,
I'll surely make you care for me.
Do not delay,
Come name the day,
Mary you must marry me.
CHORUS
Mary I love you, O Mary,
Mary you must marry me,
Mart don't be so contrary,
I'm dead in earnest you see.
When you're away I'm so lonely,
I'm just as blue as can be,
So I will be stealing you, Mary,
Mary you must marry me.
I love your eyes, I love your sighs,
O love your smile so beguiling.
You are so neat,
Dainty and sweet,
I can't resist all your willing.
tho' you're heart whole, and fancy free,
I'll surely make you care for me.
Don't be unkind,
Please change your mind,
Mary you must marry me.
Recommended Citation
Owen, Anita and Coffin, Haskell, "Mary" (1919). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 900.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/900
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Mary, you must marry me
waltz song
words & music by Anita Owen.
The Jones music Co., music publishers. New York
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