My Lovely Mary O'Brady

My Lovely Mary O’Brady

By Crag Jensen

Her eyes invite me, her smile entices me

All through the day, all through the night.

Mary O’Brady – she works on a ship

Selling rings & trinkets from an old slop chest.

A finer Lady you will never see

Than the one I love Mary O’Brady.

Mary, o Mary – Ireland’s fairest lady.

Marry me, o Mary

My lovely Mary O’Brady.

I was playin’ my guitar in a Jamaican bar

When she burst upon the scene

Just like a shinin’ star

I broke into a jig and then she stared to dance

And as watched her move – I fell into a trance.

O Mary, o Mary – Ireland’s fairest lady.

Marry me, o Mary

My lovely Mary O’Brady.

Soft are the meadows and clear are the brooks

In a land less ancient than the time it took

To find a lass like Mary’O

Mary O’Brady O

O Mary, I love you so

Her eyes invite me, her smile entices me.

All through the day, all through the night.

One fine day in June we nearly wed

But both got drunk as rats – so we just stayed in bed.

Still I recall those golden days

As I call out in the night through the wind and the waves.

Mary, o Mary – Ireland’s fairest lady.

Marry me, o Mary

My lovely Mary O’Brady

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All instrumental and vocal performances by Crag Jensen