Here are thge lyrics I have for Sweet Marie. Taken from the eponymous 1993 album by "A Properly Regulated Society" (Croghan Records). I can't vouch for whether the lyrics are as French wrote them. So if any scholars wish to take issue, please feel free. The air is the same as that used for Maggie Mae (the Liverpudlian street song ... not the Rod Stewart number).

SWEET MARIE
by Percy French

I've a little racing mare called Sweet Marie
And the temper of a bear has Sweet Marie
But I backed this mare to win
And on her I'll have me tin
So we'll take a trial spin Sweet Marie

Chorus
Hold your ground Sweet Marie
Don't go down Sweet Marie
Or you'll never win the Galway Plate for me
Every daisy in the dell
Ought to know me bloody well
For at every fence she fell Sweet Marie

Oh the colours that I chose for Sweet Marie
They were lavender and rose for Sweet Marie
Ah but now no thanks to you
Sure I'm quite another hue
For I'm only black and blue Sweet Marie

Chorus

Now we've started for the cup me Sweet Marie
Its weight for age and owners up me Sweet Marie
Owners up is how I'm bound
But the way you're waltzin' round
Twill soon be owners down Sweet Marie

Chorus