Mary Mack (folk song)

Lyrics

There's a nice wee lass an her name is Mary Mack Mak nae mistake, she's the miss I'm gaun tae tak There's a lot o ither chaps wha would get up on her track But I'm thinkin they'll hae tae get up early. Chorus: Mary Mack's faither's makin Mary Mack mairy me My faither's makin me mairy Mary Mack An I'm gaun tae mairy Mary tae get mairrit an tak care o me We'll aw be makin merry when I mairy Mary Mack Chorus This wee lass she haes a lot of brass She haes a lot of gas, her faither thinks I'm class An I'd be a silly ass tae let the matter pass For her faither thinks she suits me fairly. Chorus Noo Mary an her mither gang an awful lot thegither In fact you niver see the wan, or the wan withoot the ither An the fellows often wonder if its Mary or her mither Or the baith o them thegether that I'm courtin. Chorus Noo the weddin day's on Wednesday an everythin's arranged Her name will soon be changed tae mine, unless her mind be changed An we're makin the arrangements, faith, I'm just aboot deranged For mairriage is an awfu undertakin. Chorus It's sure tae be a grand affair an grander than a fair A coach an pair for rich an poor an every pair that's there We'll dine upon the finest fare, I'm sure tae get ma share If I don't we'll aw be very much mistaken. Chorus

There are many renditions of this song: Here are the lyrics to another version, with mother instead of father in the chorus: Chorus:

Mary Mack's mother's making Mary Mack marry me, My mother's making me marry Mary Mack. I'm gonna marry Mary so my Mary will take care O' me, We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mary Mack. Now there's a nice wee lass and her name is Mary Mack, Make no mistake she's the girl I gonna take, And a lot of other fella's would get upon her track, but I'm thinkin' they'll have to get up early. Chorus Now this wee lass she has a lot of cash, She has a lot of brass...her father thinks I'm gas, I'd be a silly ass to let the matter pass, Her father thinks she suits me very fairly. Chorus Now Mary and her mother gang an awful lot together, In fact you hardly ever she the one without the other, And all the fella's wonder is it Mary or her mother, Or both of them together that I'm courtin'. Chorus Now the weddin' day 's on Wednesday and everything's arranged, Her name will soon be changed to mine unless her mind be changed, I'm making the arrangements I'm just about derranged For marriage is an awful undertaking Chorus