Mari Mac - Great Big Sea

There’s a neat little lass and her name is Mari-Mac

And make no mistake she’s the girl I’m gonna track

Lots of other fellas try to get her on the back

But I’m thinkin' they’ll have to get up early

Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together

In fact you hardly see the one without the other

And people often wonder if it’s Mari or her mother

Or both of them together I’m courting

Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me

My mother’s makin' me marry Mari-Mac

Well I’m gonna marry Mari cause Mari’s takin' care o' me

We’ll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac

Well up among the heather in the hills of Benafee

Well I had a Bonnie lass sittin' on my knee

A bumble bee stung me right across the knee

Up among the heather in the hills of Benafee

Well I said to bonnie lass how we gonna pass the day

She said among the heather in the hills of Benafee

Where all the boys and girls are making out so free

Up among the heather in the hills of Benafee

Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me

My mother’s makin' me marry Mari-Mac

Well I’m gonna marry Mari cause Mari’s takin' care o' me

We’ll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac

The wedding’s on a Wednesday, everything’s arranged

Soon you’ll never change your mind unless you minus change

Of making the arrangements and feelings lots of rage

Marriage is an awful undertaking

Sure to be a grand for grand of that a fair

Gonna be a fork and plate for every man thats there

And I’ll be a bugger if I don’t get my share

All though I may be very much mistaken

Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me

My mother’s makin' me marry Mari-Mac

Well I’m gonna marry Mari cause Mari’s takin' care o' me

We’ll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac

Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me

My mother’s makin' me marry Mari-Mac

Well I’m gonna marry Mari cause Mari’s takin' care o' me

We’ll all be feelin' marry when I marry Mari-Mac