Hi All

I am new to Mudcat and this is actually my first post on here!! (so be gentle if I have got any of the conventions wrong - I did do a search first but didn't come up with anything)

Wondering if anyone knows anything about a song called "Marie Marie". I have come across it on the 1964 Paul Evans album "21 Years in a Tennessee Prison"


Evans is probably most well known for writing the huge Bobby Vinton hit "Roses are Red", but he also recorded some folk albums of his own, including "21 Years in a Tennessee Prison", which is an album of, mostly cover versions, of songs about jail/prison.


I managed to find a radio interview from the time on the net, where Evans states that "Marie Marie" is actually an old French folk song, but his version is sung in English.

Would be curious if anyone knows anything more. Thank in advance...

Dean