There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track Lot of other fellas try to get her on her back But 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 Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for my Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
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 am courting
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for my Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Well up among the heather in the hills of Benifee Well I had a bonnie lass sitting on me knee A bumble bee stung me right above me knee Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for my Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Well a certain bonnie lass and me, we're going to spend the day Sittin' among the heather in the hills of Benifee Where all the boys and girls are making out so free Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for my Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
The wedding's on Wednesday, everything's arranged Soon her name will be changed to mine unless her mind be changed And making the arrangements, I feel I must arrange Marriage is an awful undertaking
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for my Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair Going to be a fork and plate for every man that's there And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share If I don't we'll be very much mistaken
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for my Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track 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 Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for my Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac