Mary Lou

By Robert W. Cluney

So sweet bees swarmed round her mouth

She was hard to kiss as you can see

Those damned old bees keep a stingin' me

Chorus:

Mary Lou, Mary Lou

I'm in love with Mary Lou

I married that girl from the mountain so high

She lived half way to the sky

Her pappy has a moon shine still

I hope he leaves it to me in his will

Repeat Chorus

I love my wife and she loves me

And now we got a family

The house is filled with fourteen kids

It must have been something I did

Repeat Chorus

My mother-in-law has come to stay

That's why my hair is turning gray

She drinks my whiskey and smokes my pipes

And beats me up most every night

I love my wife and she loves me

I know that's the way it should be

But I got no place to lay my head

My mother-in-law's sleepin' in my bed

Repeat Chorus

Ma's in the holler, runnin' the still

If the devil don't get her the revenuers will

I tipped them off she'd be there tonight

Ma will be in jail before daylight

Repeat Chorus

Now Ma's locked up in the county jail

I'm sure not gonna' pay her bail

I'm goin' to be with Mary Lou tonight

But I won't get to sleep to near daylight

Repeat Chorus