There's a blizzard comin' on and I'm wishin' I was
home For my pony's lame and he can't hardly stand
Listen to that northern sigh if we don't get home
we'll die But it's only seven miles to Mary Anne
it's only seven miles to Mary Anne You can bet
we're on her mind for it's gettin' just about
suppertime Oh I know those hot biscuits're in the
fryin' pan Lord my hands feel like they're froze
and there's a numbness in my toes But it's only
five more miles to Mary Anne it's only five more
miles to Mary Anne That wind's a howlin' and it
seems mighty like a woman's screams And we'd best
be movin' faster if we can Dan just think about
that barn with all that hay so soft and warm It's
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more miles to Mary Anne Dan get up your ornery
cuss or you'll be the death of us I'm so weary but
I'll help you if I can All right Dan perhaps it's
best we'll stop just a little while and rest For
it's still another mile to Mary Anne it's still
another mile to Mary Anne Late that night the
storm was gone and they found him there at dawn
He'd have made it but he couldn't leave ol' Dan
Yes they found him out there on the plains his
hands were frozen to the reins He was just a
hundred yards from Mary Anne He was just a hundred
yards from Mary Anne