Take A Message To Mary:Everly Brothers.
#20 UK, #2 Australia, #8 Canada and #16 on
BB Hot 100 on CADENCE Records in 1959.

INTRO:

These are the 

words of a fro

ntier lad..
          
who lost his l

            
ove when he tu

          
rned bad.

#1.
             
Take a message

              
 to Mary..but 


don't tell her

 
        
where I am.
             
Take a message

              
 to Mary..but 


don't say I'm 
     
in a jam.
           
You can tell h

            
er I had to se


e the world..
           
or tell her th

            
at my ship set

 
 sail.
             
You can say sh

         
e better not w

        
ait for me..
    
but don't tell

 her I'm in ja

il.
             
Oh, don't tell

          
 her I'm in ja

il.

#2.
             
Take a message

              
 to Mary..but 


don't tell her

 
          
what I've done

.

Please don't m

ention the sta

gecoach..and t

he 
            
shot from a ca

       
reless gun.
           
You can tell h

            
er I had to ch


ange my plans.

.
           
and cancel out

           
 the wedding d


ay.
             
But please don

          
't mention my 

      
lonely cell..
             
where I'm gonn

           
a pine away..u

           
ntil my dying 


day.

#3.
             
Take a message

              
 to Mary..but 


don't tell her

 
        
all you know.
             
My heart's ach

              
in' for Mary..

     
Lord knows, I 

miss 
    
her so.
           
Just tell her 

          
I went to Timb

      
uktu..tell her

 I'm 
            
searchin' for 


gold.
             
You can say sh

          
e better find 

            
someone new..t

  
o cherish 
    
and to hold.
             
Oh, Lord, this

       
 cell is cold.

OUTRO:
          
Maaaary..Ma-a-

             
a-a-ary..oh, L

            
ord this cell 

   
is cold.



A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.