Take A Message To Mary:Everly Brothers.
#20 UK, #2 Australia, #8 Canada and #16 on
BB Hot 100 on CADENCE Records in 1959.
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These are the words of a frontier lad..
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who lost his love when he turned bad.
#1.
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Take a message to Mary..but don't tell her
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where I am.
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Take a message to Mary..but don't say I'm
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in a jam.
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You can tell her I had to see the world..
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or tell her that my ship set sail.
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You can say she better not wait for me..
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but don't tell her I'm in jail.
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Oh, don't tell her I'm in jail.
#2.
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Take a message to Mary..but don't tell her
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what I've done.
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Please don't mention the stagecoach..and the
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shot from a careless gun.
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You can tell her I had to change my plans..
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and cancel out the wedding day.
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But please don't mention my lonely cell..
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where I'm gonna pine away..until my dying day.
#3.
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Take a message to Mary..but don't tell her
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all you know.
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My heart's achin' for Mary..Lord knows, I miss
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her so.
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Just tell her I went to Timbuktu..tell her I'm
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searchin' for gold.
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You can say she better find someone new..to cherish
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and to hold.
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Oh, Lord, this cell is cold.
OUTRO:
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Maaaary..Ma-a-a-a-ary..oh, Lord this cell is cold.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.