Mary Don't You Weep

(Mel Tillis - Marijohn Wilkin)



Oh Mary, don't you weep for me

Oh Mary, just await for me

The war's gonna soon be over

Oh Mary, don't you weep.



Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home

For three long years he's been gone

He left her crying on her wedding day

And went to fight the battle of the Blue and Gray.



Oh Mary, don't you weep for me

Oh Mary, just await for me

The war's gonna soon be over

Oh Mary, don't you weep.



Mary's young heart was filled with joy

When she got the letter from her soldier boy

His words of love made her heart beat fast

But little did she know it would be the last.



Oh Mary, don't you weep for me

Oh Mary, just await for me

The war's gonna soon be over

Oh Mary, don't you weep.



On that same day Atlanta burned down

Her soldier boy he fell to the ground

Now Mary sits alone by the candle light

And reads his letter over every night.



Oh Mary, don't you weep for me

Oh Mary, just await for me

The war's gonna soon be over

Oh Mary, don't you weep.



Oh Mary, don't you weep for me

Oh Mary, just await for me

The war's gonna soon be over

Oh Mary, don't you weep.



Oh Mary, don't you weep.

Oh Mary, don't you weep.

Oh Mary, don't you weep...