Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mary, artist - Katie Noonan. Album song Fierce Hearts - The Music of Love-Song-Circus, in the genre Саундтреки
Date of issue: 24.03.2013
Record label: KIN
Song language: English
Mary |
When James the young boy died, I stole his clothes to hide |
So I could escape this workhouse orphanage |
1791, nothing to do but run |
So I cut off my hair and stole a horse to flee |
Salford town, the law they tracked me down |
And in this prison cell I sit as a boy |
My gender soon found, i’m bought to the dock as mary |
And sentenced to hang by the neck ‘til i’m dead |
But luck soon intervened so my fate was to sail |
On the Royal Admiral to Sydney Cove |
I disguised myself again, to protect me from the men |
Now 15 I arrive in this brave new world |
With my learning history, I’m not sent to the factories |
‘Tis my first of many blessings in this land |
Soon more good fortune, thomas reibey fell for me |
And on the first day of spring of 94 we wed |
We’ve comes from shared paths — he’s a bastard son, I’m an orphan |
Now emancipated we start our family |
This colony’s our home and a blessed on at that |
Our wealth grows as we go from strength to strength |
Virtue, hard work and liberty tis all you need |
This is a city of women, we make it and define it |
A widow with 7 children, I run the business and the home |
And though grief has scarred my life I stand strong |
I’m proud of my life, i’ve achieved more than i dreamed |
In this new land of prosperity |
I leave this life free with my wealth and my family |
Though the road was rough and long, I stand strong |