Cat. #0151 (MFH #357) - As sung by Mrs. Iva Haslett, West Plains, Missouri on July 31, 1958
VERSE 1
Little Mary Fagan
She left her home one day
She went to the pencil factory
To get a little pay
VERSE 2
She left her home at seven
She kissed her mother goodbye
But not one time did th poor child
Think she was going to die
VERSE 3
She met a man in th road
With a brutal heart, you know
He smiled and said, little Mary
You'll go home no more
VERSE 4
He followed along behind her
Till he came to th middle room
He laughed and said, little Mary
You've met your fatal doom
VERSE 5
David was th watchman
And when he wound th key
Away down in th basement
Little Mary, he could see
VERSE 6
He called upon th policemen
Their names I do not know
He went to th pencil factory
And told Newt, he must go
VERSE 7
Her Mother, she was weeping
She wept and mourned all day
She prayed to meet her baby
In a better world some day