www.immortalia.com prints the 1945 Song Book of the Wild Hares. It has a number of good bawdy songs in it, including this one.

I have seen only one other reference to "Pull Your Shades Down Mary Ann." But the reference makes it sound like it is reasonably well known. Does anyone know any more of this? It does not appear in Cray's Erotic Muse or in the Legman/Randolph collection.

Could it be a parody of a pop song? I'm still looking but I haven't found any that might be its source.

Anyone know any variants? More verses? -- Bob

PULL YOUR SHADES DOWN MARY ANN

As "Mary Ann" in the Song Book of the Wild Hares, Marine Corps, 1945.

Pull your shades down, Mary Ann,      
Pull your shades down, Mary Ann,   
Late last night by the pale moonlight,   
I saw you, I saw you,   
You were combing your golden hair,   
You were changing your underwear,   
If you want to keep your secrets from your future man,   
Pull your shades down, Mary Ann.