Mary Anne O'Toole

I had me a good woman for whom I'd walk to hell and back

But I couldn't tame her and I knew that

But try and tell your heart something and it won't listen to you

That's how I fell in love with Mary-Anne O'Toole

I told her I'd be a good man and I'd settle down

I traded whiskey and women for a job in town

Little did I know that Mary had another man

And that woman was driving wooden stakes through my hand's

I denied it strongly and said our love was true

But she'd go out drinking the whole night through

And when I'd ask her, Mary where have you been

It would only drive her out the front door again

One night I walked into the barroom and my heart it did burn

I'd given all I could give and got pain in return

Mary was sitting on a barstool with a man named Sam McPhee

And as I headed for the door I could hear they were laughing at me

I spent all the money I had on a fast train to ride

I packed all my thing's for to leave that night

I'm a-leaving Mary I'm a-leaving my home

Praying she be there at the station crying, baby please don't go

But as the train started moving it began to rain

I looked out my window but Mary never came

The only thing I know now I learned from Mary-Anne O'Toole

Don't try and hold onto something you can't bear to loose