Mari-Mac
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Great Big Sea - Mari-Mac
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INTRO: (X4)
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There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac
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Make no mistake, she's the girl 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
CHORUS:
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Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
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My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
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Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
G A Em
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
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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 Mari or her mother
G A Em
Or both of them together I am courting
CHORUS
Em
Well up among the heather in the hills of Bonifee
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Well I had a bonnie lass sitting on me knee
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A bumble bee stung me right above me knee
G A Em
Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee
CHORUS
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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"
Em
Where all the boys and girls are making out so free
G A Em
Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee
CHORUS
Em
The wedding's on 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, I'm feeling quite deranged
G A Em
Marriage is an awful undertaking
CHORUS
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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 I don't get my share
G A Em
If I don't we'll be very much mistaken
CHORUS
Em
There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac
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Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track
Em
Lot of other fellas try to get up on her back
G A Em
I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early
CHORUS