Mo Mary

Words and Music by :  Richard Dyer-Bennett

Recorded by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 29, 1954 (14:00-17:00)
Master number: E4VB 3982-2
Playing time: 2:15
Producer: Joe Carlton
Alan Greene: leader; H. Ross: contractor; Millard Thomas: guitar; Jack Lesberg: bass; Robert Rosengarden: drums; Bernhard Leighton: piano; James Chambers: french horn; Robert Bloom: oboe; Nuncio Mondello: saxophone; Henry Ross: saxophone; Abram Borodkin: cello; Lucien Schmit: cello; Harold Coleta: viola; Isidore Zir: viola; Harry Glickman: violin; Maurice Hershaft: violin; George Ockner: violin; Julius Schacter: violin; Harry Urbont: violin; Jack Zayde: violin

45 : 47-6781, 47-9194, EPB-1022, DJ-80, SPD-24,
LP : LSP1022, MP666001, PJL-27500, 32001, PL45317, RCS3235,
CD: CD97032GOLD-072, PD89796, MARC1054, BCD16262, GSS5336,  GSS-5381, RGMCD006


Lyrics:

Out on the hillside, by the sheiling, Mo Mary, my beloved. 
Out on the hillside, by the sheiling, Mo Mary, my beloved.
Mo Mary, mo lennan, Mo Mary, my beloved.
On the hillside, by the sheiling, Mo Mary, my beloved.

And like the blue gentian gleaming, 
On the hillside by the sheiling.
Purple blue in the sunlight are the eyes of my Mary.
Mo Mary, mo lennan, Mo Mary, my beloved.
On the hillside, by the sheiling, Mo Mary, my beloved.

Notes on scottish words:
sheiling=meadow, 
lennan=sweetheart
gentian=an herb, with blue flowers