Blue-Eyed Stranger - William Lassiter 1865
[This song, of unknown authorship, was published as "Blue-Eyed Mary" in Grigg's Southern and Western Songster by John Grigg in 1834.
R. Matteson 2014]
BLUE-EYED STRANGER
1. "Come tell me, blue-eyed stranger
Say wither dost thou roam,
O'er this wide world a stranger
Hast thou no friends or home?"
2. "They called me Blue-eyed Mary
Who Fame and Fortune smiled,
And now my fortunes vary
And now I'm Sorrow's child."
3. "Come here, I'll buy thy flowers
And ease thy hapless lot.
Still wet, with vernal showers,
I'll buy a forget-me-not."
4. "Kind Sir, then take these posies
They're withering like my youth
But never, like these roses,
Shall wither Mary's truth."
5 "Look up, thou poor forsaken
I give thee house and home
And if I'm not mistaken
Thou'll never wish to roam."
This song was remembered by Mr. W. H.C. Lassiter, the father of Mrs. McDowell, from the singing of his mother, who sang it at about the the of the War Between The States.