LITTLE MARY (Pete Ham)
[from "Gwent Gardens" - recorded 1968 - released U.S. 2023]

They said the streets would all be paved with gold
A modern lady's fairyland
She didn't think that it could be so cold
And man, it's not so hard to understand
With nobody around to hold her hand

They said your home is where your heart will stay
She laughed and said, "I'm not a child"
But now she says a prayer for every day
Before she ran away into the wild
Before she ran away

Oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Little Mary Pebble's gone away
Little Mary Pebble's gone away

Oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Little Mary Pebble's gone away
Little Mary Pebble's gone away

She met a man who said he was the one
They lived and loved as man and wife
But when she told him that he'd have a son
He gave a laugh then walked out of her life

She had no money for the baby's feed
No place to go, no place to stay
She saw a handbag and in one bad deed
To get enough to live another day

Oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Little Mary Pebble's gone away
Little Mary Pebble's gone away

Oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Little Mary Pebble's gone away
Little little little Mary Pebble's gone away

And now the baby's oh so far away
Outside the stone, grey concrete walls
The only thing she has to pass the day
Is a memory and a tear that often falls
Is a memory and a tear that often falls

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan
corrections by Dan Matovina

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