[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Then today in the mail I received a short little note (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
And I broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote

[Chorus]
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again
We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy 'til then
They know that she loves me, but poor boys don't fit in their plan (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Goodbye to love, goodbye my sweet Mary Ann

[Verse 2]
The weeks have gone by, not a word have I heard since then (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
In the papers I read of the far away places she's been (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
I can't eat, I can't sleep for over and over again (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann

[Chorus]
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again
We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy 'til then
They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plan (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Goodbye to love, goodbye my sweet Mary Ann
[Verse 3]
My Mary Ann died, they said she just wasted away (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
For we loved each other and if they'd have left us alone (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Today she'd be wearing my ring, not a blanket of stone

[Chorus]
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again
We're leaving for Europe next week, she'll be busy 'til then
They knew that she loved me but poor boys don't fit in their plan (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Goodbye to love, goodbye my sweet Mary Ann