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Thread #12129 Message #1100443
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
24-Jan-04 - 01:30 PM
Thread Name: Merry Mac ? Mary Mac? Marry Mac?
Subject: RE: Merry Mac ? Mary Mac? Marry Mac?
It's such a shame that the version in the DigiTrad has the lines
Mary Mack's faither's makin' Mary Mack marry me
My faither's makin' me marry Mary Mack
when it should be, of course,
Mary Mack's mother's makin' Mary Mack marry me
My mother's makin' me marry Mary Mack
The continued alliteration is essential to the chorus, as anyone who has ever tried singing it will know ....