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Marianne, oh, Marianne, oh, won't you marry me?

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We can have a bamboo hut and brandy in the tea.

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Leave your fat old mama home, she never will say yes.

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If Mama don't know now, she can guess.

Chorus
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All day, all night, Marianne.

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Down by the seaside sifting sand.

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Even little children love Marianne.

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Down by the seaside sifting sand.

Verse 2

When she walks along the shore, people pause to greet,
While birds fly around her, little fished come to her feet.
In her heart is love but I'm the only mortal man
Who's allowed to kiss my Marianne--Don't rush me!

chorus

Verse 3

When we marry we will have a time you never saw
I will be so happy I'll kiss me mother-in-law (ptoooie)!
Children by the dozen in and out the bamboo hut.
One for every palm tree and cocanut--hurry up now!

chorus

(My favorite version of this was by the Hilltoppers.)