Margo (The 9th of May)

(Boudleaux Bryant)



It was eighteen hundred and ninety two

The horses were young and the buggy was new

Jim and Margo were happy and gay

And the date was the 9th of May.



A horseless carriage abruptly appeared

The stallion jumped and whinnied and reared

Margo hit the dirt in a sickening way

And Jim was alone on his wedding day.



Margo, Margo

Margo's gone away

But they say that old Jim

Meets her every 9th of May.



Margo's been gone for many a year

But her name still brings a trace of a tear

To ol' Jim's old eyes as dim as they are

And he still hates the sight of a car.



Once a year old Jim goes back to the scene

And he waits near the church for his long lost queen

They make all the wedding vows over they say

When Margo appears on the 9th of May.



Margo, Margo

Margo's gone away

But they say that old Jim

Meets her every 9th of May...

Every 9th of May