[Sung to the tune “Big John.”]
In the Occidental morning
She’d be out walking
You could hear for miles
The sound of her talking.
Mary Lu
Perhaps she came from Frisco
Some said Mill Valley
You could hear her coming
Down each lane and alley.
Mary Lu
Not too tall
Built like a welder
She sure did hate
Becoming an elder.
Mary Lu
Big bad, Mary lu.
Painted a lot
Sometimes she’d dance
Used to write poems
About love and romance.
Mary Lu.
Then came the troubles
No one seen ’em coming
Kept her up at night
Interfered with her plumbing.
Mary Lu.
“We gotta get out”
She said to her mate
“Stick around too long
We’re tempting bad fate.”
Marylu
Big bad, Marylu.
They sold everything
And hit the trail
Ignoring their friends
Who let out a wail.
Mary Lu.
It’s quiet without her
Sort of sad
When I think of her leaving
Makes me mad.
Mary Lu
Every Occidental Morning
There’s a trace of her ghost
A fragment of color
the laugh we miss most.
Mary Lu
Big bad, Marylu.
