Mari-mac Lyrics - Up - Great Big Sea

There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac 

Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track 

Lot of other fellas try to get her on her back 

But I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early 

Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me 

My mother's making me marry Mari Mac 

Well, I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me 

We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac 

Hi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low 

Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together 

In fact you hardly see the one without the other 

And people often wonder if it's Mari or her mother 

Or both of them together I am courting 

Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me 

My mother's making me marry Mari Mac 

Well, I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me 

We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac 

[Incomprehensible] 

Well, up among the heather in the hills of Bonifee 

Well I had a bonnie lass sitting on me knee 

A bumble bee stung me right above me knee 

Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee 

Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me 

My mother's making me marry Mari Mac 

Well, I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me 

We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac 

Hi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low 

Well, I said, "Wee bonnie lassie, where you going to spend the day?" 

She said "Among the heather in the hills of Benifee" 

Where all the boys and girls are making out so free 

Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee 

Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me 

My mother's making me marry Mari Mac 

Well, I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me 

We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac 

Hi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low 

The wedding's on Wednesday, everything's arranged 

Soon her name will be changed to mine unless her mind be changed 

And making the arrangements, I'm feeling quite deranged 

Marriage is an awful undertaking 

Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me 

My mother's making me marry Mari Mac 

Well, I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me 

We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac 

Hi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low 

Sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair 

Going to be a fork and plate for every man that's there 

And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share 

If I don't we'll be very much mistaken 

Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me 

My mother's making me marry Mari Mac 

Well, I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me 

We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac 

Hi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low 

There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac 

Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track 

Lot of other fellas try to get up on her back 

I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early 

Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me 

My mother's making me marry Mari Mac 

Well, I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me 

We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac 

Hi diddly hi diddly hi diddle low