The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9916 Message #3250096
Posted By: Joe Offer
04-Nov-11 - 03:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Marianne / Mary Ann (calypso)
Subject: ADD: Mary Ann (Belafonte)
Well, the requested song was "All Day All night Maryanne down by the seaside sifting sand," and somebody else said that was sung by Belafonte. I couldn't find a Belafonte recording of that song, but I did find a jazzy song called "Mary Ann" recorded by Belafonte that begin, "Well, hello Mary Ann, you know you sure look fine." I thought that was a Ricky Nelson song....
-Joe-
MARY ANN
(songwriter: ???)
Hello Mary Ann you know you sure look fine
Hello Mary Ann you know you sure look fine
Hello Marry Ann I could love you all the time
Oh Mary Ann I say baby don't you know
Oh Mary Ann well baby don't you know
Don't you know, don't you know pretty baby
That I love you so
Ah Mary Ann can I take you home tonight
Ooh Pretty baby can I take you home tonight
Ooh if you let me pretty baby
I make everything alright
Well Mary Ann you know you sure look fine
Ah well ah Mary Ann you know you sure look fine
Oh Oh Mary Ann I could love you all the time
MMmmmm Mary Ann, oh Mary Ann
source: http://www.lyricsmania.com/mary_ann_lyrics_harry_belafonte.html
....not Belafonte's finest recording, IMHO - from Belafonte Sings the Blues