Lyrics and translation Lead Belly - Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
Mary,
sweet
Mary
Marie,
douce
Marie
Oh
Mary,
sweet
Mary
Oh
Marie,
douce
Marie
Oh
Mary,
sweet
Mary
Oh
Marie,
douce
Marie
Oh
Mary,
sweet
Mary
Oh
Marie,
douce
Marie
Nineteen
hundred
and
twenty-three,
Mille
neuf
cent
vingt-trois,
When
the
judge
took
my
liberty
away
from
me
Quand
le
juge
m'a
pris
ma
liberté
In
nineteen
hundred
and
twenty-three,
En
mille
neuf
cent
vingt-trois,
When
the
judge
took
my
liberty
away
from
me
Quand
le
juge
m'a
pris
ma
liberté
I
left
my
wife
wringin'
her
hands
and
cryin',
J'ai
laissé
ma
femme
se
tordre
les
mains
et
pleurer,
Sayin',
"Lord
have
mercy
on
that
man
of
mine"
Disant,
"Seigneur,
aie
pitié
de
cet
homme
qui
est
le
mien"
I
left
my
wife
wringin'
her
hands
and
cryin',
J'ai
laissé
ma
femme
se
tordre
les
mains
et
pleurer,
Sayin',
"Lord
have
mercy
on
that
man
of
mine"
Disant,
"Seigneur,
aie
pitié
de
cet
homme
qui
est
le
mien"
Told
my
wife
before
I
left
the
land,
J'ai
dit
à
ma
femme
avant
de
quitter
le
pays,
If
I
never
no
more
see
her
do
the
best
she
can
Si
je
ne
la
revois
plus
jamais,
qu'elle
fasse
de
son
mieux
I
told
my
wife
before
I
left
the
land,
J'ai
dit
à
ma
femme
avant
de
quitter
le
pays,
If
I
never
no
more
see
her
do
the
best
she
can
Si
je
ne
la
revois
plus
jamais,
qu'elle
fasse
de
son
mieux
Goodbye,
Mary,
ooh
ooh
ooh
Au
revoir,
Marie,
ooh
ooh
ooh
Oh
Mary,
ooh
ooh
ooh
Oh
Marie,
ooh
ooh
ooh
Had
the
Governor
Neff
like
you
got
me,
Si
j'avais
le
Gouverneur
Neff
comme
tu
m'as
eu,
I'd
a-wake
up
in
the
mornin',
I'd
set
you
free
Je
me
réveillerais
le
matin
et
te
mettrais
en
liberté
If
I
had
the
Governor
Neff
like
you
got
me,
Si
j'avais
le
Gouverneur
Neff
comme
tu
m'as
eu,
I'd
a-wake
up
in
the
mornin',
I
would
set
you
free
Je
me
réveillerais
le
matin
et
te
mettrais
en
liberté
Goin'
back
to
Mary,
sweet
Mary
Retourner
à
Marie,
douce
Marie
Oh
Mary
Oh
Marie
Rate the translation
1
Shout On
2 Take This Hammer
3 It Was Soon One Morning
4 You Can't Lose Me Cholly
5 Ha-Ha This a Way
6 What Are Little Boys Made of / Polly Wee
7 More Yet / Little Boy How Old Are You / Green Grass Growing All Around
8 Skip To My Lou
9 Rooster Crows at Midnight
10 The Parting Song (When You're Smiling)
11 Green Corn
12 Yellow Gal
13 The Gray Goose
14 The Midnight Special
15 Ham and Eggs
16 Pick A Bale Of Cotton
17 Whoa Back, Buck
18 If You Want to Do Your Part
19 Uncle Sam Says (Bottle Up and Go)
20 It Was Early One Morning
21 Don't Sleep Too Long
22 Birmingham Jail
23 Jean Harlow
24 John Henry
25 Old Man
26 How Long
27 Come and Sit Down Beside Me
28 Go Down Old Hannah
29 Ain't Going Down to the Well No More
30 Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
31 Little Children's Blues
32 National Defense Blues
2 Take This Hammer
3 It Was Soon One Morning
4 You Can't Lose Me Cholly
5 Ha-Ha This a Way
6 What Are Little Boys Made of / Polly Wee
7 More Yet / Little Boy How Old Are You / Green Grass Growing All Around
8 Skip To My Lou
9 Rooster Crows at Midnight
10 The Parting Song (When You're Smiling)
11 Green Corn
12 Yellow Gal
13 The Gray Goose
14 The Midnight Special
15 Ham and Eggs
16 Pick A Bale Of Cotton
17 Whoa Back, Buck
18 If You Want to Do Your Part
19 Uncle Sam Says (Bottle Up and Go)
20 It Was Early One Morning
21 Don't Sleep Too Long
22 Birmingham Jail
23 Jean Harlow
24 John Henry
25 Old Man
26 How Long
27 Come and Sit Down Beside Me
28 Go Down Old Hannah
29 Ain't Going Down to the Well No More
30 Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
31 Little Children's Blues
32 National Defense Blues
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