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Thread #67186 Message #1121455
Posted By: delphinium
22-Feb-04 - 08:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mary Ann, She's after Me
Subject: Lyr Add: MARY ANNE (F W Leigh/G Bastow)
I also took the lyrics from the Muckram Wakes Warbles, Jangles and Reeds LP (1980, Highway Records) and I was going to post them but Compton got in first. I think I have a few corrections to some of the lines above, so I will post my transcription as well, along with notes from the Muckram Wakes album cover:
MARY ANNE (Leigh/ Bastow)
Learned by us from George Fradley of S.W. Derbyshire. Written by Fred W. Leigh and sung on the Music Halls by George Bastow, a combination better known for The Galloping Major.
Well I never thought much about females Till a couple of months ago When I thought I saw one of them noticing me My mother told me so That damsel's name is Mary Anne And she looked at me one day I told mother and mother told me In a motherly kind of way, that …
(chorus) Mary Anne she's after me Full of love she seems to be My mother says it is plain to see That she wants me for her young man Father says if that be true John my lad be thankful do That there's one bigger fool in the world than you And that's Mary Anne.
Well I often sees her looking at me And I don't know what to do And I can't help looking at her looking at me My mother told me so Last Sunday morning coming from church She says I'll walk your way Well we both kept walking I never says nowt I'd a narrow escape that day, 'cause …
Well there's many a jolly old chap like me As might be pleased to know What dangerous animals some girls is My mother told me so We roams around like innocent lambs And we does no harm I'm sure Then along comes sommat in frocks and in curls And there's never no peace no more, 'cause …