Mary would sit in the pale moonlight Mary once was my home, harness to light She was silent, just lying there The cold wind blowing in her hair
Mary always treated me like gold But her love, it soon grew cold I treated her bad and I treated her mean Now Mary’s just a memory
I’m never gonna marry, never have me a wife I’m gonna be a bachelor for the rest of me life For I’ll throw my body in the ocean blue There ain’t no telling what I might do
So long, sweet Mary. I bid you farewell They say I’m not worthy, but no one can tell I’m gonna ramble, I’m gonna roam ‘Til the bells of glory call me home