Miss Marcy Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Miss Marcy
Recorded by Johnny Horton
Written by Leon Payne
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Billy boy Billy
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boy
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sit on the
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porch
Pa married Miss Marcy when
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I was just
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Ma died when I was just
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out her us young'uns woul
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d have been in
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She cared for us
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like mammys
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sit on the
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Do you know what went on at the
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Joe
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Wilson is dying Tom
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Jenkins is
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dead
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shot Uncle
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sit on the
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Do you know what started the
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fight
Twas an
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hour passed milking when
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Marcy got
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home
Miss Marcy done
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stayed out all
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night
(Miss Marcy done
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stayed out all
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night)
Dad was a strange one he
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hated the
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dance
He never did go for such
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frills
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went with Joe Wilson when
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she got the
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chance
Or Tom or some
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times Uncle
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Now Pa got more jealous
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day after
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day
This morning it came to a
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day at the still they
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all made their
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On account of Miss
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Marcy
they'r
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e
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Billy boy Billy
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sit on the
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Wilson is dying Tom
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Jenkins is
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dead
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shot Uncle
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shot Uncle
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You're shaking boy what's ail
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you
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blade of your knife is
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all stained crimson
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Miss Marcy well
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she's
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g
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Miss Marcy?
- The song Miss Marcy was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
