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Resurrection Mary

from TROUBLE I WROUGHT (album) by Bobtown

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A country tribute to the Andrews Sisters based on a true story. No, really, it happened to an uncle’s friend’s cousin.

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RESURRECTION MARY

Quarter after ten at Resurrection Hall
couples twirling at the Harvest Dance to welcome the fall
She stepped out just to catch a breath of evening air
When her fella came to join her they could find her nowhere

The bells are ringin' out the searchers turn every stone
Resurrection Mary when are you coming home?

Years went creeping by and not a hide nor a hair
Her fella moved to Piper, got a new lady there
Some kids were skipping stones down at the quarry in town
when they saw a woman dancing in a soiled ball gown

The bells are ringin' out, the townfolk hide and bemoan
Resurrection Mary when are you coming home?

Well, Billy Martin workin' on his barren well
They say that something spooked him & downward he fell
They found him lying lifeless in an inch of mud
By a ball dress on a skeleton all soaked in blood

The bells are ringing out and they’re collecting her bones
Resurrection Mary’s finally coming home

Resurrection Mary - Comin' home
Resurrection Mary - Comin' home
Resurrection Mary - Comin' home
Resurrection Mary - Comin' home

shoo-be-do-wop-wop
shoo-be-do-bop-bop

No one knows what happened to poor Mary back then
An accident? Or did ole Billy do Mary in?
Sometimes when the moon is right you still catch the sight
Of a soiled dress a-floating through the mist of the night

The bells are ringing out and Heaven’s calling you so
Resurrection Mary when are you going home?
Resurrection Mary when are you going home?
Resurrection Mary when are you going…
Come on Mary, come on Mary, come on Mary, come on Mary, Mary…time to go home

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from TROUBLE I WROUGHT (album), released August 6, 2012

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Bobtown Brooklyn, New York

"If you're looking for acoustic gothic-folk-Americana kissed with gorgeous harmonies then look no further." -Americana UK

NYC-based Bobtown's four full-length CDs show their evolution from mostly a capella arrangements to full instrumentation, with bits of folk, Americana, pop, bluegrass, rock, and gospel all bound together by a continuous thread of innovative vocal harmonies.
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