There was a girl called Mary Anne Mary Anne was all the world to me We planned to get married and we Set the date the wedding was to be
I went off to her house one night And out there on the front porch they sat And I swore they’d never get away with that
Billy Joe took Mary Anne Up to the dance hall one night They didn’t know that I was standin’ Back there in the shadows out of sight
Sat down at a table and she smiled as he gave her hand a pat And I swore they’d never get away with that
I swore they would never get away with breakin’ my heart I knew that there was just one way to keep them apart
Everybody says his mother Told him not to take his guns to town He should have listened to her She knew I was gonna shoot him down
Now I’ll be hung tomorrow just because I had to kill that little rat And I swore they’d never get away with that
I swore they’d never get away with breakin’ my heart I knew that there was just one way to keep them apart
Everybody says his mother Told him not to take his guns to town He should have listened to her She knew I was gonna shoot him down Now I’ll be hung tomorrow just because I had to kill that little rat And I swore they’d never get away with that And Billy Joe didn’t get away with that
Well, he didn’t get away – no Well, he didn’t get away – no Well, he didn’t get away – no
Didn’t get away, didn’t get away Didn’t get away, didn’t get away Didn’t get away, didn’t get away…