Marry Him Now

[Intro] [bright acoustic guitar strumming, fiddle melody, driving drum beat] [Verse 1] [acoustic guitar, bass, and drums] I stood by the old church rail with rain on me boots and hair You came in white through the chapel porch like a ghost I couldn’t share Your father’s jaw was set in stone, your mother stared at the ground And I held me cap in both me fists like a man already drowned [electric guitar enters with clean melodic fills] Your veil was a misty cloud, your smile cut straight through me You never once glanced back my way, still I swore you had to see [Chorus] [full band, fiddle enters with rhythmic accents] Oh marry him now, marry him now Me heart will trail you behind Oh marry him now, marry him now But you were the first love of me life (me life) [Verse 2] [drums and bass continue, fiddle drops out] I heard the small gold ring slide on like a lock on a cellar door The priest droned low in the damp stone air and me breath fell to the floor He kissed your hand then turned to grin at a joke I couldn’t hear I stared at the cracked old flagstones and swallowed down me fear [fiddle enters with sustained notes] The candles shook in the draught, the girls all wiped their eyes And I wished the glass would break for me before you said goodbye [Chorus] [full band, high energy] Oh marry him now, marry him now Me heart will trail you behind Oh marry him now, marry him now But you were the first love of me life (me life) [Bridge] [fiddle solo, energetic sixteenth-note runs] [acoustic guitar strumming intensifies] I’ll never curse the man beside you, he’s only a roof from the rain But I’ll drink hard to your wedding day and choke on your sweet name When the last bell climbs the hill I’ll be gone with the turning leaves Still every lane from the market square will remember you and me [Chorus] [full band, group vocal harmonies] Oh marry him now, marry him now Me heart will trail you behind Oh marry him now, marry him now But you were the first love of me life (me life) Oh marry him now, marry him now And leave me your ghost in the pines Oh marry him now, marry him now I’ll love you till the end of me time (me time) [Outro] [fiddle-led instrumental, syncopated drum hits, final acoustic guitar strum]