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Mary ann referes to a woman named Mary Anne Westenhouse who was a heiress around the 1920s the songs writer is unknown but it seems to be her which it is refering this information comes from Pete Seger the folk traditionalist.Some people think the song could also be about a Mary Ann Lagrate from Louisianna who courted John Jacob Niles but that has yet too be proven.

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