TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY: EVERLY BROTHERS (B. & F. Bryant) 4/4 - 120
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THESE ARE THE WORDS OF A FRONTIER LAD, WHO LOST HIS LOVE,
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WHEN HE TURNED BA - D.
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TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER WHERE I AM.
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TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T SAY I’M IN A JAM.
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YOU CAN TELL HER I HAD TO SEE THE WORLD,
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OR TELL HER THAT MY SHIP SET SAIL.
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YOU CAN SAY SHE BETTER NOT WAIT FOR ME, BUT DON’T TELL HER I’M IN JAIL.
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OH DON’T TELL HER I’-M IN JAIL.
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TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER WHAT I’VE DONE.
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PLEASE DON’T MENTION THE STAGECOACH, AND THE SHOT FROM A CARELESS GUN.
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YOU CAN TELL HER I HAD TO CHANGE MY PLANS, AND CANCEL OUT THE WEDDING DAY.
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BUT PLEASE DON’T MENTION MY LONELY CELL, WHERE I’M GONNA PINE A-WAY.
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UN-TIL MY DY-ING DAY.
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TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY, BUT DON’T TELL HER ALL YOU KNOW.
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MY HEART’S ACH-IN’ FOR MARY, LORD KNOWS I MISS HER SO.
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JUST TELL HER I WENT TO TIMBUKTU, TELL HER I’M SEARCHIN’ FOR GOLD.
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YOU CAN SAY SHE BETTER FIND SOMEONE NEW, TO CHERISH AND TO HOLD.
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OH LORD, THIS CE-LL IS COLD.
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MA - RY, MA - RY, OH LORD THIS CE-LL IS CO-LD.
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