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There's a neat little lass and her name is |
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Mari MacMake no mistake, she's the girl |
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I'm gonna track |
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Lot of other fellas try to get her on her back |
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But I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early |
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Mari Mac's mother's making |
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Mari Mac marry me |
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My mother's making me marry |
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Mari MacWell, |
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I'm going to marry |
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Mari for when |
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Mari's taking care of me |
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We'll all be feeling merry when |
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I marry Mari |
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MacHi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low |
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Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together |
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In fact you hardly see the one without the other |
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And people often wonder if it's |
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Mari or her mother |
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Or both of them together |
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I am courting |
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Mari Mac's mother's making |
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Mari Mac marry me |
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My mother's making me marry |
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Mari MacWell, |
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I'm going to marry |
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Mari for when |
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Mari's taking care of me |
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We'll all be feeling merry when |
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I marry Mari |
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Mac[Incomprehensible] |
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Well, up among the heather in the hills of |
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BonifeeWell |
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I had a bonnie lass sitting on me knee |
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A bumble bee stung me right above me knee |
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Up among the heather in the hills of |
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BenifeeMari |
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Mac's mother's making |
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Mari Mac marry me |
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My mother's making me marry |
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Mari MacWell, |
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I'm going to marry |
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Mari for when |
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Mari's taking care of me |
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We'll all be feeling merry when |
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I marry Mari |
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MacHi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low |
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Well, I said, "Wee bonnie lassie, where you going to spend the day?" |
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She said "Among the heather in the hills of Benifee" |
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Where all the boys and girls are making out so free |
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Up among the heather in the hills of |
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BenifeeMari |
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Mac's mother's making |
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Mari Mac marry me |
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My mother's making me marry |
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Mari MacWell, |
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I'm going to marry |
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Mari for when |
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Mari's taking care of me |
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We'll all be feeling merry when |
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I marry Mari |
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MacHi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low |
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The wedding's on |
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Wednesday, everything's arranged |
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Soon her name will be changed to mine unless her mind be changed |
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And making the arrangements, |
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I'm feeling quite deranged |
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Marriage is an awful undertaking |
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Mari Mac's mother's making |
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Mari Mac marry me |
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My mother's making me marry |
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Mari MacWell, |
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I'm going to marry |
|
Mari for when |
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Mari's taking care of me |
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We'll all be feeling merry when |
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I marry Mari |
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MacHi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low |
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Sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair |
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Going to be a fork and plate for every man that's there |
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And I'll be a bugger if |
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I don't get my share |
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If I don't we'll be very much mistaken |
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Mari Mac's mother's making |
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Mari Mac marry me |
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My mother's making me marry |
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Mari MacWell, |
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I'm going to marry |
|
Mari for when |
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Mari's taking care of me |
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We'll all be feeling merry when |
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I marry Mari |
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MacHi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low |
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There's a neat little lass and her name is |
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Mari MacMake no mistake, she's the girl |
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I'm gonna track |
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Lot of other fellas try to get up on her back |
|
I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early |
|
Mari Mac's mother's making |
|
Mari Mac marry me |
|
My mother's making me marry |
|
Mari MacWell, |
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I'm going to marry |
|
Mari for when |
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Mari's taking care of me |
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We'll all be feeling merry when |
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I marry Mari |
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MacHi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low |
