C
G7
Oh Mary don’t you weep for me
C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
F
C
The battle will soon be over
G7
C
Oh Mary don’t you weep
G7
Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home
C
For three long years now he’s been gone
F
He left her crying on her wedding day
C
G7
C
And went to fight the battle of the Blue and Gray
C
G7
Oh Mary don’t you weep for me
C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
F
C
The battle will soon be over
G7
C
Oh Mary don’t you weep
G7
Mary’s young heart was filled with joy
C
When she got the letter from her soldier boy
F
His words of love made her heart beat fast
C
G7
C
But little did she know it would be the last
C
G7
Oh Mary don’t you weep for me
C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
F
C
The battle will soon be over
G7
C
Oh Mary don’t you weep
G7
On that same day Atlanta burned down
C
Her soldier boy he fell to the ground
F
Now Mary sits alone by the candle light
C
G7
C
And reads his letter over every night
C
G7
Oh Mary don’t you weep for me
C
Oh Mary just you wait for me
F
C
The battle will soon be over
G7
C
Oh Mary don’t you weep
C
G7
F
