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|f_annotation='''SWEET MARIE [1]'''.  AKA and see "[[Old-Fashioned Schottische]]." American; Air, March, Schottische (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Sweet Marie" was a popular song written and composed by Cy Warman (words) and Raymond Moore (music) in 1893. According Robert B. Waltz<ref>The Ballad Index [http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MCB229.html] </ref>, Warman wrote the lyric in honor of his wife and approached Moore, a popular variety stage singer, asking him to perform it.  Moore came up with the tune and sang it as mpart of the musical comedy '''Africa'''.  Ironically, the song received only a lukewarm reception after Moore sang it, but when the singer left the show his replacement made it a hit.  It entered traditional repertory and was widespread, and, as with many songs that attain a measure of popularity, many parodies of it have been written (not the least because the rhythmic meter scans same as a limerick). The original words begin:
|f_annotation='''SWEET MARIE [1]'''.  AKA and see "[[Old-Fashioned Schottische]]." American; Air, March, Schottische (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Sweet Marie" was a popular song written and composed by Cy Warman (words) and Raymond Moore (music) in 1893. According Robert B. Waltz<ref>The Ballad Index [http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MCB229.html] </ref>, Warman wrote the lyric in honor of his wife and approached Moore, a popular variety stage singer, asking him to perform it.  Moore came up with the tune and sang it as mpart of the musical comedy '''Africa'''.  Ironically, the song received only a lukewarm reception after Moore sang it, but when the singer left the show his replacement made it a hit.  It entered traditional repertory and was widespread, and, as with many songs that attain a measure of popularity, many parodies of it have been written (not the least because the rhythmic meter scans same as a limerick). The original words begin:
<blockquote>
 
''I've a secret in my heart, sweet Marie,''<br>
 
''A tale I would impart, love, to thee;''<br>
:
''Every daisy in the dell''<br>
''I've a secret in my heart, sweet Marie,''<br />
''Knows my secret, knows it well, ''<br>
''A tale I would impart, love, to thee;''<br />
''Yet to thee I dare not tell, sweet Marie.''<br>
''Every daisy in the dell''<br />
<br>
''Knows my secret, knows it well, ''<br />
''When I hold your hand in mine, sweet Marie,''<br>
''Yet to thee I dare not tell, sweet Marie.''<br />
''Then a feeling most divine comes to me;''<br>
<br />
''All the world is full of spring''<br>
''When I hold your hand in mine, sweet Marie,''<br />
''Full of warblers on the wing,''<br>
''Then a feeling most divine comes to me;''<br />
''And I listen while they sing, sweet Marie.''<br>
''All the world is full of spring''<br />
</blockquote>
''Full of warblers on the wing,''<br />
''And I listen while they sing, sweet Marie.''<br />
|f_printed_sources=Ira Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 379.
|f_printed_sources=Ira Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 379.
|f_recorded_sources=Columbia 15115A (78 RPM), Walter Morris (1927).
|f_see_also_listing=Hear a 2004 concert recording of Benton Flippen & the Smokey Valley Boys at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-marie-0]
|f_see_also_listing=Hear a 2004 concert recording of Benton Flippen & the Smokey Valley Boys at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-marie-0]
See the Ballad Index entry [http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MCB229.html]<br>
See the Ballad Index entry [http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MCB229.html]<br />
}}
}}

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SWEET MARIE [1]. AKA and see "Old-Fashioned Schottische." American; Air, March, Schottische (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Sweet Marie" was a popular song written and composed by Cy Warman (words) and Raymond Moore (music) in 1893. According Robert B. Waltz[1], Warman wrote the lyric in honor of his wife and approached Moore, a popular variety stage singer, asking him to perform it. Moore came up with the tune and sang it as mpart of the musical comedy Africa. Ironically, the song received only a lukewarm reception after Moore sang it, but when the singer left the show his replacement made it a hit. It entered traditional repertory and was widespread, and, as with many songs that attain a measure of popularity, many parodies of it have been written (not the least because the rhythmic meter scans same as a limerick). The original words begin:


I've a secret in my heart, sweet Marie,
A tale I would impart, love, to thee;
Every daisy in the dell
Knows my secret, knows it well,
Yet to thee I dare not tell, sweet Marie.

When I hold your hand in mine, sweet Marie,
Then a feeling most divine comes to me;
All the world is full of spring
Full of warblers on the wing,
And I listen while they sing, sweet Marie.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Ira Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 379.

Recorded sources : - Columbia 15115A (78 RPM), Walter Morris (1927).

See also listing at :
Hear a 2004 concert recording of Benton Flippen & the Smokey Valley Boys at Slippery Hill [1] See the Ballad Index entry [2]



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  1. The Ballad Index [3]