Mary would sit in the pale moonlight
Mary once was my home, harness to light
She was silent, just lying there
The cold wind blowing in her hair 

Mary always treated me like gold
But her love, it soon grew cold
I treated her bad and I treated her mean
Now Mary’s just a memory

I’m never gonna marry, never have me a wife
I’m gonna be a bachelor for the rest of me life
For I’ll throw my body in the ocean blue
There ain’t no telling what I might do

So long, sweet Mary. I bid you farewell
They say I’m not worthy, but no one can tell
I’m gonna ramble, I’m gonna roam
‘Til the bells of glory call me home