Mary

Three little sister, barnyard blisters
 Cornhusk dolls and pinesap feet
 Grooms of barley, blushing when they ought be
 Milking cow and threshing wheat
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is our Mary? Run, run away
 Took to the Cumberland road past May
 Mary, Mary, come home, come home
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is the parson? Come out and pray
 Dark is the road where the devils play
 Mary, Mary, come home
 Daddy told the dresses, "Comb your tresses
 Cousin Clayton we're to see
 Bought himself a man and miles of cotton
 Wants for Mary's chastity"
 Mary shook her ribbons, none the ready
 Kicked the cart and tipped the bale
 Tugged the bull dog high up to the hayloft
 Father doused her with a pail
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is our Mary? Run, run away
 Took to the Cumberland road past May
 Mary, Mary, come home, come home
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is the parson? Come out and pray
 Dark is the road where the devils play
 Mary, Mary, come home
 Twice barked the dog, twice, twice wept the sisters
 Father dragged at Mary's legs
 Mary dripped and kicked 'til father slipped
 Came crashing down the ladder pegs
 Sweet little children, screaming crimson
 Flocked to father on the floor
 Mary cried, but when he didn't answer
 Red feet, red paws to the door
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is our Mary? Run, run away
 Took to the Cumberland road past May
 Mary, Mary, come home, come home
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is the parson? Come out and pray
 Dark is the road where the devils play
 Mary, Mary, come home
 Summer went missing, cold winds hissing
 Leaking roofs and icy groans
 Father shrivelled, sunk into a hay sack
 Sisters thinning by his bones
 Somewhere where the road forks left and coils
 There's a girl of twelve with dog
 Clayton gone and wed himself another
 Mary fading in the fog
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is our Mary? Run, run away
 Took to the Cumberland road past May
 Mary, Mary, come home, come home
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is the parson? Come out and pray
 Dark is the road where the devils play
 Mary, Mary, come
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is our Mary? Run, run away
 Took to the Cumberland road past May
 Mary, Mary, come home, come home
 Way-hey! Fiddle-aye-ay!
 Where is the parson? Come out and pray
 Dark is the road where the devils play
 Mary, Mary, come home