Did you hear about Saint Stephen's end? How they stoned him by the river bend? And the morning sun When the world was young ♪ Did you hear about the elephant Ran wild from the circus tent? Killed a crowd of ten Before they shot him dead ♪ Oh Mary, don't you cry Please, lay your weary hand in mine ♪ Did you hear about Edith Cavell How on the firing line she fell? In a Belgian night In a dress of white ♪ Oh Mary, don't you cry Please, lay your weary hand in mine And swing low and softly down And lend me your ear ♪ Did you hear about Saint Peter's crown How they crucified him upside down? In the desert air When the world was fair ♪ Oh Mary, don't you cry Please, lay your weary hand in mine And swing low and softly down And lend me your ear, Mary dear