There's a neat little la** and her name is Mari-Mac And make no mistake she's the girl I'm gonna track Lots of other fellas try to get her on the back But I'm thinkin' they'll have to get up early Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together In fact you hardly see the one without the other And people often wonder if it's Mari or her mother Or both of them together I'm courting Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac Well I'm gonna marry Mari cause Mari's takin' care o' me We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac Well up among the heather in the hills of Benafee Well I had a Bonnie la** sittin' on my knee A bumble bee stung me right across the knee Up among the heather in the hills of Benafee Well I said to bonnie la** how we gonna pa** the day She said among the heather in the hills of Benafee Where all the boys and girls are making out so free Up among the heather in the hills of Benafee Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac Well I'm gonna marry Mari cause Mari's takin' care o' me We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac The wedding's on a Wednesday, everything's arranged Soon you'll never change your mind unless you minus change Of making the arrangements and feelings lots of rage Marriage is an awful undertaking Sure to be a grand for grand of that a fair Gonna be a fork and plate for every man thats there And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share All though I may be very much mistaken Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac Well I'm gonna marry Mari cause Mari's takin' care o' me We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac Mari-Mac's mother makin' Mari-Mac marry me My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac Well I'm gonna marry Mari cause Mari's takin' care o' me We'll all be feelin' marry when I marry Mari-Mac