Recordings
The definitive version of Mary Mack is, perhaps, the live version on the 1977 double album "Makem & Clancy Concert," performed live at National Stadium Dublin by the late great Irish troubadours, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy. "Mary Mac" has long been a fixture of Richmond, Virginia bandLyrics
:There's a nice wee lass an her name is Mary Mack :Mak nae mistake, she's the miss I'm gaun tae tak :There's a lot o ither chaps wha would get up on her track :But I'm thinkin they'll hae tae get up early. :Chorus: :Mary Mack's faither's makin Mary Mack mairy me :My faither's makin me mairy Mary Mack :An I'm gaun tae mairy Mary tae get mairrit an tak care o me :We'll aw be makin merry when I mairy Mary Mack :Chorus :This wee lass she haes a lot of brass :She haes a lot of gas, her faither thinks I'm class :An I'd be a silly ass tae let the matter pass :For her faither thinks she suits me fairly. :Chorus :Noo Mary an her mither gang an awful lot thegither :In fact you niver see the wan, or the wan withoot the ither :An the fellows often wonder if its Mary or her mither :Or the baith o them thegether that I'm courtin. :Chorus :Noo the weddin day's on Wednesday an everythin's arranged :Her name will soon be changed tae mine, unless her mind be changed :An we're makin the arrangements, faith, I'm just aboot deranged :For mairriage is an awfu undertakin. :Chorus :It's sure tae be a grand affair an grander than a fair :A coach an pair for rich an poor an every pair that's there :We'll dine upon the finest fare, I'm sure tae get ma share :If I don't we'll aw be very much mistaken. :Chorus There are many renditions of this song: Here are the lyrics to another version, with mother instead of father in the chorus: Chorus :Mary Mack's mother's making Mary Mack marry me, :My mother's making me marry Mary Mack. :I'm gonna marry Mary so my Mary will take care O' me, :We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mary Mack. :Now there's a nice wee lass and her name is Mary Mack, :Make no mistake she's the girl I gonna take, :And a lot of other fella's would get upon her track, :but I'm thinkin' they'll have to get up early. :Chorus :Now this wee lass she has a lot of cash, :She has a lot of brass...her father thinks I'm gas, :I'd be a silly ass to let the matter pass, :Her father thinks she suits me very fairly. :Chorus :Now Mary and her mother gang an awful lot together, :In fact you hardly ever see the one without the other, :And all the fella's wonder is it Mary or her mother, :Or both of them together that I'm courtin'. :Chorus :Now the weddin' day 's on Wednesday and everything's arranged, :Her name will soon be changed to mine unless her mind be changed, :I'm making the arrangements I'm just about derranged :For marriage is an awful undertaking :ChorusExternal links