Mary Ann Regrets

I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers For saturday's date and i restlessly counted the hours. Then today in the mail i received this short little note And i broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote. Mary ann regrets she's unable to see you again; We're leaving for europe next week, she'll be busy till then. They know that she loves me, but poor boys don't fit in their plan. Good-bye true love, good-bye my sweet mary ann. The weeks have gone by not a word have i heard since then; In the papers i read of the far away places she's been. I can't eat, i can't sleep for over and over again My mind reads that letter and i cry for my mary ann. Mary ann regrets she's unable to see you again; We're leaving for europe next week, she'll be busy till then. They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plan. Good-bye true love, good-bye my sweet mary ann. My mary ann died, they said she just wasted away; If i could have seen her i know she'd be living today. For we loved each other and if they'd have left us alone, Today she'd be wearing my ring, not a blanket of stone. Mary ann regrets she's unable to see you again; We're leaving for europe next week, she'll be busy till then. They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plan. Good-bye true love, good-bye my sweet mary-ann