These are the words of a Emfrontier lad
Who Amlost his love when Ghe turned bad.
C . G . |F . C . |Am . . . |. . . . |C . G . |C . . .
C Take a message to Mary
But Fdon't tell her Gwhere I Cam
Take a message to Mary
But Fdon't say I'm Gin a jamC.

You can Amtell her that I had to Emsee the world
AmTell her that my Dship set Gsail
You can Csay she'd Gbetter not Fwait for Cme
But Amdon't tell her I'm [/G]in Amjail
Oh Cdon't tell her GI'm in Cjail.

Take a message to Mary
But don't tell her what I've done
Please don't mention the stagecoach
An' the shot from a careless gun.

You can tell her that I changed my plans
An' cancel out the weddin' day
But don't mention my lonely cell
Where I'm gonna pine away
Until my dyin' day.

Take a message to Mary
But don't tell all you know
My heart is achin' for Mary
Lord knows I miss her so.

Just tell her that I went to Timbuktu
Tell that I'm searchin' for gold
You can say she'd better find someone new
To cherish an' to hold
Oh Lord, this cell is cold.