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Oh! What A Pal Was Mary
1919
Words by Edgar Leslie and Bert Kalmar   Music by Pete Wendling


 Original Sheet Music

8-Bar Intro

Verse 1

MAR-Y O' MINE, MAR-Y O' MINE,
GREW LIKE A ROSE IN A BOW-ER,
BLOOMED FOR A DAY, FAD-ED A-WAY,
I LOST A BEAU-TI-FUL FLOW-ER;
SWEET-HEART AND FRIEND, RIGHT TO THE END;
THAT'S WHY I MISS HER SO.

Verse 2

MAR-Y O' MINE, MAR-Y O' MINE,
    MY LIT-TLE PLAY-MATE OF CHILD-HOOD,
SYM-BOL OF LOVE, SENT FROM A-BOVE,
STAUNCH AS AN OAK IN THE WILD-WOOD;
MEM-'RIES OF OLD, PUR-ER THAN GOLD;
FILL ME WITH LOVE SUB-LIME.

Chorus

OH! WHAT A GAL WAS MAR-Y,
OH! WHAT A PAL WAS SHE,
AN AN-GEL WAS BORN ON EAST-ER MORN,
AND GOD SENT HER DOWN TO ME.
HEART OF MY HEART WAS MAR-Y,
SOUL OF MY SOUL DI-VINE,
THOUGH SHE IS GONE, LOVE LING-ERS ON,
FOR MAR-Y OLD PAL OF MINE.


 
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