Spanish Mary - The New Basement Tapes

There were three sailors, bold and true

With cargo they did carry

They sailed away on the ocean blue

For the love of Spanish Mary

So deeply now were they disturbed

No longer could they tarry

Swoon and swerve

For the love of Spanish Mary

In Kingston town of high degree

The buffoon, the fool, the fairy

All paid the dues and inquired to me

For the love of Spanish Mary

Beggar man, beggar man tell me no lie

Is it a mystery to live or is it a mystery to die

I seek ye not to ask of you

It was in Kingston town indeed

It is said they stopped but not for greed

But for the love of Spanish Mary

I remember well, they came one day

The buffoon, the fool, the fairy

They asked of me what could I say

For the love of Spanish Mary

‘Tis not of me to talk absurd

No rumor do I carry

No, I’ll not give you one word

But for the love of Spanish Mary

Beggar man, beggar man tell me no lie

Is it a mystery to live or is it a mystery to die