This is a sad story about a girl named Mary Mac   And her wondering lover Bob Needle      Softly I can hear her callin'   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bob, hey, Bob      Mary Mac, Mac, Mac   All dressed in black, black, black   Don't cha know I'm tryin', tryin', tryin'   Just to come on back, back, back      'Cause I took a plane, plane, plane   But there was some rain, rain, rain   And there was no flyin', flyin', flyin'   So I took a train, train, train      Oh, Mary Mac, Mac, Mac   It went off the track, track, track   Can't you see I'm dyin', dyin', dyin'   Just to come on back, back, back      Oh, softly I can hear you callin'   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bob, hey, Bob      Well, I took a boat, boat, boat   But it wouldn't float, float, float   So I kept on a puffin', puffin', puffin'   That was all she wrote, wrote, wrote      So I must wear my cross, cross, cross   And I bought a horse, horse, horse   But it just keeps runnin', runnin', runnin'   All around the track, track, track      Baby, I ain't lyin', lyin', lyin'   Can't you see that I'm tryin', tryin', tryin'   Don't cha know I'm tryin', tryin', tryin'   Just to come on back to Mary Mac      Oh, softly I can hear her holler   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle   Hey, Bob, hey, Bob