MARY  ANN  REGRETS

Time signature:  6/8
Tempo:  Moderate.

Composed by Harlan Howard
​Popularized by Burl Ives

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A TUNE TO LEARN "BY EAR"

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Singer:  Burl Ives

​Posted by:  john1948TwoC1

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Singer:  Waylon Jennings

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Singer:  Roy Clarke

​Posted by:  John wesson

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Singer:  Hank Snow

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Singer  Dermot Hegarty   

Posted by: IrishMusicCountry
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Singer:  Frankie Cash

​Posted by:  MyIrishJukebox

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Singer:  Stephen Smyth

Posted by:  LouiseP852

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Singer:   Randy Dyke

​Posted by:  Randy Dyke

​Performed at the Gound's Rec. Centre, St. John's, NL

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Singer:   Bobby Bare

Posted by:   Irfan Senozan

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Singer:   Mike

Posted by:  mike1409040

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Singer:  Paul Wheater

​Posted by:  Arran Records

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Background Materials, Information & Links

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​Lyrics:

I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers
For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours.
Then today in the mail I received this short little note
And I broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote.

Chorus:   Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again;
                 We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy till then.
                 They know that she loves me, but poor boys don't fit in their plan.
                 Good-bye true love, good-bye my sweet Mary Ann.

The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then;
In the papers I read of the far away places she's been.
I can't eat, I can't sleep for over and over again
My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann.

My Mary Ann died, they said she just wasted away;
If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today.
For we loved each other and if they'd have left us alone,
Today she'd be wearing my ring, not a blanket of stone.
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Background Links:

Click HERE  for biographical info on Harlan Howard  (wikipedia)
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Click HERE ​for biographical info on Burl Ives (wikipedia)

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