Bringing Mary Home Song Lyrics and Chords by Red Sovine
Bringing Mary Home
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Joe Kingston and Chaw Monk
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I was driving down a lonely road on a
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dark and stormy
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night
When a
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little girl by the road side showed
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up in my head
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lights
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stopped and she got in the back and in a shaky
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tone
She
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said My name is
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Mary and please
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won't you take me
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home
She
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must have been so frightened all
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alone there in the
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night
There was
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something strange about her cause her
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face was deathly
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white
She
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sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all
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alone
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never will
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forget the night that
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I took Mary
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home
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pulled into the drive way where
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she told me to
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go
Got
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out to help her from the car and
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opened up the
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door
But I
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just could not believe my eyes the back seat was
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bare
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looked all
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around the car but
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Mary wasn't
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there
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light shone from the porch a
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lady opened up the
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door
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asked about the little girl that
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I was looking
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for
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lady gently smiled at me and brushed a tear
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away
She
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said it sure was
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nice of you to
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go out of your
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way
But thir
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teen years ago tonight in a
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wreck just down the
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road
Our
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darling Mary lost her life
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and we miss her
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so
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thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have
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shown
You're the
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thirteenth one that's
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been here
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bringing Mary
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home
FAQ
Who sang the the song Bringing Mary Home?
- The song Bringing Mary Home was sang by Red Sovine.
Who is Red Sovine?
- Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 7, 1917 - April 4, 1980) was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music. His most noted examples are "Giddyup Go" (1965) and "Teddy Bear" (1976), both of which topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
