[00:13.25]Oh, Mary was a maiden
[00:17.89]When the birds began to sing.
[00:23.72]She was sweeter than the blooming rose
[00:29.95]So early in the spring.
[00:34.79]Her thoughts were gay and happy
[00:39.63]And the morning gay and fine,
[00:45.32]For her lover was a river boy
[00:51.36]From the river in the pines.
[01:01.56]Now Charlie, he got married
[01:06.29]To his Mary in the spring
[01:12.19]When the trees were budding early
[01:17.66]And the birds began to sing.
[01:23.14]But early in the autumn
[01:27.74]When the fruit is in the wine,
[01:33.63]I'll return to you, my darling
[01:39.17]From the river in the pines.
[01:49.74]It was early in the morning
[01:54.44]In Wisconsin's dreary clime
[02:00.18]When he rode the fatal rapids
[02:05.87]For that last and fatal time.
[02:11.21]They found his body lying
[02:15.70]On the rocky shore below
[02:21.58]Where the silent water ripples
[02:26.86]And the whispering cedars blow.
[02:37.22]Now every raft of lumber
[02:41.80]That comes down the Chippewa,
[02:47.64]There's a lonely grave that's visited
[02:54.04]By drivers on their way
[02:59.09]They plant wild flowers upon it
[03:03.69]In the morning fair and fine.
[03:09.67]'Tis the grave of two young lovers
[03:15.26]From the river in the pines