Lead Belly - Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary) Lyrics

Lyrics Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary) - Lead Belly



Mary, sweet Mary
Oh Mary, sweet Mary
Oh Mary, sweet Mary
Oh Mary, sweet Mary
Nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
When the judge took my liberty away from me
In nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
When the judge took my liberty away from me
I left my wife wringin' her hands and cryin',
Sayin', "Lord have mercy on that man of mine"
I left my wife wringin' her hands and cryin',
Sayin', "Lord have mercy on that man of mine"
Told my wife before I left the land,
If I never no more see her do the best she can
I told my wife before I left the land,
If I never no more see her do the best she can
Goodbye, Mary, ooh ooh ooh
Oh Mary, ooh ooh ooh
Had the Governor Neff like you got me,
I'd a-wake up in the mornin', I'd set you free
If I had the Governor Neff like you got me,
I'd a-wake up in the mornin', I would set you free
Goin' back to Mary, sweet Mary
Oh Mary



Writer(s): Alan Lomax, Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax


Lead Belly - Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3
Album Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3
date of release
17-03-1998

1 Shout On
2 Little Children's Blues
3 Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
4 Ain't Going Down to the Well No More
5 Go Down Old Hannah
6 Come and Sit Down Beside Me
7 How Long
8 Old Man
9 John Henry
10 Jean Harlow
11 Birmingham Jail
12 Don't Sleep Too Long
13 It Was Early One Morning
14 Uncle Sam Says (Bottle Up and Go)
15 If You Want to Do Your Part
16 National Defense Blues
17 Whoa Back, Buck
18 Ham and Eggs
19 The Midnight Special
20 The Gray Goose
21 Yellow Gal
22 Green Corn
23 The Parting Song (When You're Smiling)
24 Rooster Crows at Midnight
25 Skip To My Lou
26 More Yet / Little Boy How Old Are You / Green Grass Growing All Around
27 What Are Little Boys Made of / Polly Wee
28 Ha-Ha This a Way
29 You Can't Lose Me Cholly
30 It Was Soon One Morning
31 Take This Hammer
32 Pick A Bale Of Cotton




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