Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:25:14 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers 

"Take A Message To Mary"
(Boudleaux Bryant/Felice Bryant)


[Intro]
             
These are the 

           
words of a fro

ntier lad
           
Who lost his l

            
ove when he tu

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rned bad

[Verse 1]
             
 Take a messag

     
e to Mary
            
But don't tell

             
 her where I a

m
             
 Take a messag

     
e 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

[Verse 2]
             
 Take a messag

     
e to Mary
            
But don't tell

              
 her what I've

 
 done
             
Please don't m

           
ention the sta

gecoach
            
And the shot f

              
rom a careless

 
 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 a-way
           
Until my dying

 
 day

[Verse 3]
             
 Take a messag

     
e to Mary
            
But don't tell

             
 her all you k

now
             
My heart's ach

        
in' for Mary
            
Lord knows I m

        
iss her so
           
Just tell her 

          
I went to Timb

uktu
          
Tell her I'm s

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earchin' for g


old
             
You can say sh

           
e better find 

       
someone new
           
To cherish and

   
 to hold
             
Oh, Lord, this

       
 cell is cold

[Coda]

Mary

Ma-a-a-a-ry
             
Oh, Lord this 

      
cell is cold