Mary Ann

Mary Ann, Mary Ann,

From the little Isle of Mann,

She’s the sweetest of her clan,

She’s a darling!

She’s a brown

Flowered gown,

And she lives in Castletown,

And for her my heart with love just has to sing.

When she walks

In the square

All the folks

Turn and stare,

For she brightens up the Market Place just like a breath of spring.

Mary Ann, Mary Ann,

I will win you if I can,

In old historic Castletown, Isle of Mann.

 

There’s a girl,

What a girl,

She has put me in a whirl.

Fair of face,

Full of grace,

She’s the loveliest of her race.

She’s the queen

Of the scene

When she walks on College Green.

She’s the sweetest flower

In this bower

By the sea.

 

(Castletown Festival competition, set to music).

 

Additional verse:

 

Mary Ann, Mary Ann,

From the little Isle of Mann,

She’s the sweetest of her clan,

She’s a darling!

Her renown

Like a crown

Sits her well in Castletown,

And for her my heart with love just has to sing.

When she looks in my eye

Then I’m wondering why

I don’t pop the question there and then, away my caution fling!

Mary Ann, Mary Ann,

I will win you if I can,

In the old historic Castletown, Isle of Mann.