[00:11.86]They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed
[00:16.94]With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
[00:21.78]O poor Mary Bellows
[00:31.34]She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poor
[00:36.14]She left her home in Arkansas
[00:41.82]O poor Mary Bellows
[00:52.70]She wanted to see the deep blue sea
[00:57.54]She travelled across Tennessee
[01:03.73]O poor Mary Bellows
[01:13.44]She met a man along the way
[01:18.61]He introduced himself as Richard Slade
[01:24.52]O poor Mary Bellows
[01:34.48]Poor Mary thought that she might die
[01:39.26]When she saw the ocean for the first time
[01:45.31]O poor Mary Bellows
[01:54.28]She checked into a cheap little place
[01:59.49]Richard Slade carried in her old suitcase
[02:04.39]O poor Mary Bellows
[02:15.14]"I'm a good girl, sir", she said to him
[02:19.78]I couldn't possibly permit you in
[02:25.76]O poor Mary Bellows
[02:35.02]Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye
[02:39.95]And turned away without goodbye
[02:46.19]O poor Mary Bellows
[02:54.85]She sat on her bed and thought of home
[03:00.03]With the sea breeze whistling all alone
[03:06.38]O poor Mary Bellows
[03:16.27]In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor
[03:21.24]And undid the latch on the front door
[03:26.91]O poor Mary Bellows
[03:35.51]They found her the next day cuffed to the bed
[03:40.45]A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
[03:45.90]O poor Mary Bellows
[03:56.47]So mothers keep your girls at home
[04:01.47]Don't let them journey all alone
[04:06.51]Tell them this world is full of danger
[04:11.68]And to shun the company of strangers
[04:14.61]O poor Mary Bellows
[04:26.20]O poor Mary Bellows