I'd Like To Know What Happened To Mary
Composer(s): Brandon Walsh; Ernest Breuer



Simple Mary Brown, left her own home town 
For to see the Great White Way 
She was sweet and shy when she said "good-bye"
And she came back home to day 
At the railroad station, all the population waited for the two fifteen 
Her stylish dressing, had the rubes all guessing 
For they didn't know their village queen 
Said Mary's Ma, to Mary's Pa

Mary's Turkey Trots and her new Gavottes 
Had her home town dancing mad 
But the old barn dance, didn't have a chance 
With the loving Tango fad 
Hesitation was the big sensation 
They all tried to do it night and day 
The crops were flopping while the rubes were hopping 
To some brand new dance from gay Broadway
Said Mary's Pa, to Mary's Ma

"I'd like to know what happened to Mary 
Since she went to New York Town 
It surely don't seem like the same old Mary 
Who dressed in a ging ham gown 
She came back wearing seven kinds of hair 
Does the Tango to the Maiden's Pray'r 
I'd like to know what happened to Mary
Since Mary left the old home town"