STEP IT OUT MARY - The Apex Singers

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Penned originally by Sean McCarthy, this ballad is based on a children’s skipping-song. This song tells the story of Mary who is forced to wed a wealthy countryman, despite being in love with a soldier. She is later found drowned alongside her lover on the day of her wedding.
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►THE APEX SINGERS
Katie Emanuel
Niamh Feeney
Matthew Burns
Elliot Maxwell-Hodkinson
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Arranged & Produced by Ollie Lambert
Video by Rec Productions
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Jennifer Burns
David & Sarah Emanuel
David Taylor
Mike Doherty
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Obsessed

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Love this

[@douglasridout9735]

Chills. Matthew absolutely slays and Katie is ethereal. Absolutely mega 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Rogers_Ranger]

i've watched this more than forty times and i still get chills.

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Best acapella I've heard since The King's Singers. Bravo.

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Music that brings joy to your face

[@XYAgain420]

Magnificent arrangement & performance!!! Love this tune! Those harmonies are as tight as ever. Poor Mary, though. :(

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Brilliant!

[@katya5615]

Your voices are so smooth and comforting. Lovely song!

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Lost for words, just beautiful.

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We're so glad you enjoyed this one.

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This is beautiful 🤩

[@talonsmith2016]

I'm not a big acapella fan but I just stumbled on these fine folks looking for a version of Step It Out Mary that wasn't High Kings 😅 and I must say I'm impressed.
Still waiting for the Celtic Thunder Odyssey version to come out... until then, this, and I plan to check out some more of their music! 😊

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Thank you so much! We're so pleased you stumbled upon our rendition. 😊

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Lyrics: (Apex Singers version)
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the country man
Oh, in the village of Kilgory,
There's a maiden young and fair
Her eyes shine like diamonds
She has long and golden hair
But the countryman comes riding,
Rides up to her father's gates
Riding on a milk white stallion
And he comes at the strike of eight
So step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the country man
"I have come to court your daughter,
Mary of the golden hair,
I have gold and I have silver,
I have goods beyond compare,
I will buy her silks and satin,
And a gold ring for her hand.
I will buy for her a mansion,
She'll have servants to command."
So step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the country man
"I don't want your gold and silver,
I don't want your house and land,
I am going with a soldier,
I have promised him my hand."
But the father spoke up sharply:
"You will do as you are told,
You'll get married on a Sunday
And you'll wear that ring of gold!"
So step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the country man
In the village of Kilgory
There's a deep stream flowing by
And on her wedding day at midnight
She drowned with her soldier boy
In the cottage there is music
You can hear her father say:
"Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Sunday is your wedding day."
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Step it out Mary, if you can
Step it out Mary, my fine daughter
Show your legs to the country man
---The song is based on a children's skipping song and was originally released in 1967.