I used to sing this all the time as a kid. My whole family would sing along and compete to see who could keep up the longest. You always went into it confident that you would make it to the end this time, only to end up out of breath, giggling , and babbling gibberish.
There is a town in WI called Merrimac. When my father was in hospital in Madison i had to drive by that town several times a week going to and from the hospital. Every time I drive by that exit I would sing "Mari Mack's mother's making Mari Mack marry me, my mother's making me marry Mari Mack!" at the top of my lungs. Had a friend ride down with me once and scared the hell out of him, I didn't even think about having someone else in the car, it was just automatic by that point.
This was the first GBS song I ever heard, way back when it was brand new. It's still one of my favorites. I forget how handsome Sean was back then. (He still is, of course.)
Just for fun I turned on auto-generated subtitles, and it was both hilarious watching long moments where the AI could recognize one word every ten seconds, and shock as verses that confused it for 4/5ths of the song suddenly recognized the words said. This song is a blast I haven't heard in a long time, and to suddenly get laughs in addition to having my nostalgia tickled was fantastic.
they could get married on a replica of the merrimack ironclad on the meramac river//marry mary mac on the merrimack on the meramac.DOO DOO LA DEE DOO DA LA LEE DAY
There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track Lot of other fellas try to get her on her back But I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together In fact you hardly see the one without the other And people often wonder if it's Mari or her mother Or both of them together I am courting Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac Well up among the heather in the hills of Bonifee Well I had a bonnie lass sitting on me knee A bumble bee stung me right above me knee Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac Well I said "Wee bonnie lassie, where you going to spend the day?" She said "Among the heather in the hills of Benifee" Where all the boys and girls are making out so free Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac The wedding's on Wednesday, everything's arranged Soon her name will be changed to mine unless her mind be changed And making the arrangements, I'm feeling quite deranged Marriage is an awful undertaking Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac Sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair Going to be a fork and plate for every man that's there And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share If I don't we'll be very much mistaken Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track Lot of other fellas try to get up on her back I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mari Mac Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
ever heard a newfie talk? the men put even the fastest talking woman to shame lol and im pretty sure the newfie lady's would give eminem a run for his money
Why has this become a competition between Canada and the US? This is a Canadian band, and has nothing to do with the US. So why is there a competition? Both countries have bad artists, and both have really good ones. You're assuming that one country is better than the other because of the music that they produce. It's sick.
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I used to sing this all the time as a kid. My whole family would sing along and compete to see who could keep up the longest. You always went into it confident that you would make it to the end this time, only to end up out of breath, giggling , and babbling gibberish.
There is a town in WI called Merrimac. When my father was in hospital in Madison i had to drive by that town several times a week going to and from the hospital. Every time I drive by that exit I would sing "Mari Mack's mother's making Mari Mack marry me, my mother's making me marry Mari Mack!" at the top of my lungs.
Had a friend ride down with me once and scared the hell out of him, I didn't even think about having someone else in the car, it was just automatic by that point.
In memory of my dear friend, Mary Mac, who got such a kick out of this song. RIP. xoxo
i remember trying to sing this in music class while the whole class had out wooden spoons.. grade 6 was amazing
This is brilliance!!! Would love to see Barenaked Ladies and Great Big Sea collaborate. That would be awesome..
Too bad GBS is retired.
On the low dawg
SO great big naked ladies?
Man, this whole song is a tongue twister. What a shanty though.
Yep but as a teen I knew it by heart, and still can sing along to them.
Not a shanty..
I can’t help it if we talk faster than you can think !! Lol
@@darrylhughes2176lol
This was the first GBS song I ever heard, way back when it was brand new. It's still one of my favorites. I forget how handsome Sean was back then. (He still is, of course.)
Almost pretty, back then. Very good-looking.
So glad the Thunder Birds found a back up gig, always loved the show...and this one too!
Loves our music glad from here out around da bay by
This is actually so intense. So much talent.
Just for fun I turned on auto-generated subtitles, and it was both hilarious watching long moments where the AI could recognize one word every ten seconds, and shock as verses that confused it for 4/5ths of the song suddenly recognized the words said.
This song is a blast I haven't heard in a long time, and to suddenly get laughs in addition to having my nostalgia tickled was fantastic.
this song as 1995? i was like 6yrs old and I am not a Newfie but TGBS has to be one of my favourite bands
Yea those Landers have good talent for sure
Gotta love Newfoundland putting Canada on the map proud to be from this province of Newfoundland
One of my favorites songs by them!!!!
Here in 2021 cause no one else is. And its there loss
You guys are the best in the world
I've seen this music video on the Much Music channel back in '96. Quite catchy!
I love showing Americas this when I'm away on work haha they don't believe I can talk that fast tell I gets drunk
Josh Thorne 😏
Cheers mate
It's not fair. They have to sound out the words as the go cause they cocked with the spelling of everything
When I’m
Back home in Newfoundland my pace of talking goes from fast to faster
In Missouri, this song could gain a whole new level of confusion because we have a river called the Meramac.
hahahaha
Hahaha....close enough ey lol
My grandma thought it was a song about River Meramac
they could get married on a replica of the merrimack ironclad on the meramac river//marry mary mac on the merrimack on the meramac.DOO DOO LA DEE DOO DA LA LEE DAY
Oh gods. Thatd send anyone for a loop
Just LISTENING to this song makes me tongue sore
This is the most canadian thing I have ever seen.
Just amazing
Hot Damn! Beautifully done
Thanks alot Brigid I really do appreciate 🥰
i love this song
Awesome frustration and passion. Captured perfectly, lol.
There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac
Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track
Lot of other fellas try to get her on her back
But I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together
In fact you hardly see the one without the other
And people often wonder if it's Mari or her mother
Or both of them together I am courting
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Well up among the heather in the hills of Bonifee
Well I had a bonnie lass sitting on me knee
A bumble bee stung me right above me knee
Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Well I said "Wee bonnie lassie, where you going to spend the day?"
She said "Among the heather in the hills of Benifee"
Where all the boys and girls are making out so free
Up among the heather in the hills of Benifee
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
The wedding's on Wednesday, everything's arranged
Soon her name will be changed to mine unless her mind be changed
And making the arrangements, I'm feeling quite deranged
Marriage is an awful undertaking
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair
Going to be a fork and plate for every man that's there
And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share
If I don't we'll be very much mistaken
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari Mac
Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track
Lot of other fellas try to get up on her back
I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early
Mari Mac's mother's making Mari Mac marry me
My mother's making me marry Mari Mac
Well I'm going to marry Mari for when Mari's taking care of me
We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mari Mac
Canadian Mapper now learn to sing it😊👍
@@Peepers2 I already did.
Canadian Mapper 👍it’s a fun song to play and sing😊
you the real MVP
@@Peepers2yeah but I keep on messing up
CANADAAAARAAAHHHH🔥🇨🇦🍁
luv luv luv
Marriage at it's finest.
2020
When i finally able to sing this , ill mention it in my Cv
It is a useful skill.
wow im sad to see great big sea only has 30k subs.
Go to Essex. The hold ons may be chimney painters but you'll find some solid shanis.
This one is fun to sing.
Mari-Mac
Everybody shut up and enjoy this great song!
Dese guys are de friggin' bomb, b'ys. (Yes, poor attempt at a Newfoundland accent). I loves ye!
well i like it :)
How do they sing this at the speed that they do?! It takes a lot of practice, I'll say that.
I mean, they also did a version of It's the End of the World As We Know It and it's much faster than REM's version
Agh! I know how he feels.
how many times do you think they got tongue-tied while trying to sing this?
Newfies speak fast, so I doubt they got tongue twisted.
ever heard a newfie talk? the men put even the fastest talking woman to shame lol and im pretty sure the newfie lady's would give eminem a run for his money
@@jeffdemas9521I’m a Newfie myself but I can’t talk fast like that
For the horde brother!!!
It's never to late to make ammends
Wallace And Gromit A Close Shave
Not to be mean but what does Wallace and Gromit have to do with anything
@BMFRaw so true
what are we gonna do with the drunken sailor, early in the morning!
Fck I'm gettin old
Me too brah
Cannot believe this has so little views
1995
Newfy rap music.....
2025🎉
Chill, mate........
The ultimate tongue twister!
I can do this one, it's fun! :D
They're Newfies, angry is fun.
Great song, terrifying puppets
The puppets give me nightmares too
i cant tell if his face is red or its just the lights
Can anyone tell me...why these guys can sing faster than me...while every time I sing like that it ends up as slurred speech
Im not Irish, but maybe I am
If it's in your heart, you can be Irish every March 17th 😊.
And your Irish while listening to Irish music!! 🐾🐾☘️
This is Canadian music
Vincent Van Gogh Mustache
@BMFRaw it's the irish blood
İm trying to say it with lyrics but i only can say mrymrymry
sean is fucking wicked
Um. This came out in 1995-96, well before the Beebs.
yea... as an Irish i'll accept this. Pretty good :)
Preston
He's angry because her mother is far too involved, and is forcing the marriage, I think.
1 person is marrying Marry Mac.
Omegle
Great song, great band, but, alas, needed a better video! Ya think?
The quality of the song alone carries the video.
Let me guess, this is a song that boomers think is about a more innocent time LOL.
this is a scottish sang but i would not attempt it.
He's angry because he's got to marry a puppet
lol @ their old hairstyles
rofl
newfies are cool.. especially when they aren't on the dole...
You act like America has never produced a bad musician.
Eminem's been real quiet since this dropped
That must have been hard to sing.
Nah. That's about the average speed of our speech.
❤️
Catchier than herpes!
He's not a Canadian mistake. He's a Canadian wrapped up in U.S. packaging.
Creepy puppets
Right
WTF Did I just watch
You loved it, admit it!
The most Irish song ever by a non-Irish band
its a Scottish song, not irish
Carly hope you doing good?
Justin Beeber is Canukian? Ugh.
Why has this become a competition between Canada and the US? This is a Canadian band, and has nothing to do with the US. So why is there a competition? Both countries have bad artists, and both have really good ones. You're assuming that one country is better than the other because of the music that they produce. It's sick.
The only thing of theirs worth listening to.
By far the single most obnoxious song I have ever herd. Lol.
The Seventh has ye (heard) how them Newfies talk?
This just redeemed Canada of the massive musical mistake of Justin Bieber
This came out before Justin Bieber polluted Canadian airwaves.
I propose we make the new national anthem.
Cool tune. But this is what happens when the people that are paying for the job, trust the NFLD gov and CBC to manage anything.
I went to see them when this album came out. It’s probably one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.
@@ophelias4172 I think I have seen them a half dozen times