Mary Don't You Weep - Pete Seeger

Oh Mary don’t you weep for me

Oh Mary just you wait for me

The battle will soon be over

Oh Mary don’t you weep

Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home

For three long years now he’s been gone

He left her cryin' on her wedding day

And went to fight the battle of the Blue and Gray

Oh Mary don’t you weep for me

Oh Mary just you wait for me

The war’s gonna soon be over

Oh Mary don’t you weep

Mary’s young heart was filled with joy

When she got the letter from her soldier boy

His words of love made her heart beat fast

But little did she know it would be the last

Oh Mary don’t you weep for me

Oh Mary just you wait for me

The battle will soon be over

Oh Mary don’t you weep

On that same day Atlanta burned down

Her soldier boy he fell to the ground

Now Mary sits alone by the candle light

And reads his letter over every night

Oh Mary don’t you weep for me

Oh Mary just you wait for me

The war’s gonna soon be over

Oh Mary don’t you weep

Oh Mary don’t you weep for me

Oh Mary just you wait for me

The battle’s gonna soon be over

Oh Mary don’t you weep

Oh Mary don’t you weep

Oh Mary don’t you weep