Book of Song

Step It Out Mary

by Sean McCarthy

[Bm] [A] [G] x3

Chorus I x2
[Dm] Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
[Dm] Step it out, Mary, if you can
[Dm] Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
[Dm] Show your legs to the countryman

In the [Dm] village of Kilgory, there's a [C] maiden young and fair
Her [Am] eyes shine like diamonds, she has [Bb] long and golden hair
The [Dm] horseman, he comes riding, riding [C] up to her father's gates
On a [Am] pure-white stallion, and he [Bb] comes at the strike of eight

Chorus II x2
[Dm] Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
[C] Step it out, Mary, if you can
[Am] Step it out, Mary, my fine daughter
[Bb] Show your legs to the countryman

I have come to court your daughter, Mary of the golden hair
I have gold and I have silver, I have goods beyond compare
I will buy her silks and satins and a gold ring for her hand
She shall have a mansion, she'll have servants to command

Chorus II

"I don't want your gold and silver, I don't want your house and land
I am in love with a soldier, I have promised him my hand"
But the father spoke up sharply: "You will do as I command
You'll get married on a Sunday and you'll wear that wedding band"

Chorus II

Bridge
In the [D] village of Kilgory there's a [Bm] deep stream flowing by
And on her [G] wedding day at midnight she [Bm] drowns with her [A] soldier boy
In the [G] cottage there is music, you can hear her [Bm] father say:
"Oh step it out, [G] Mary, (my fine) my fine daughter,
[Bm] Sunday [A] is your [G] wedding day" (last line x3)

(Refrain x3 over [Dm])
Step it out, step it out, step it out, step it out
Step it out, step it out, step it out, step it out
Step it out, step it out, step it out, step it out
Step it out, Mary

(Refrain x2 over [Dm])
[Dm] Step it out, Mary
[C] Step it out, Mary
[Am] Step it out, Mary
[Bb] If you can

Chorus II x2

[Dm] [G] [Dm]