For instance, you could wear a fancy stone ring or a diamond ring so that attention to your hands will be unavoidable
But the most common version today goes: Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack All dressed in black, black, black With silver buttons, buttons, buttons All down her back, back, back (or Up and down her back, back, back) She asked her mother, mother, mother For 50 cents, cents, cents To see the elephants, elephants, elephants Jump over the fence, fence, fence They jumped so high, high, high They reached the sky, sky, sky And didnt (or never) come back, back, back (or come down, down, down) Till the 4th of July ly ly An alternate version thats often sung in Canada includes: She could not read, read, read She could not write, write, write But she could smoke, smoke, smoke Her fathers pipe, pipe, pipe And yet another alternate version often sung in the American South includes: Mary Mack Dressed in black Silver buttons all down her back
The panels of the princess-cut skirt allow the Satin to drape in structured, clean, and fluid folds
The sculpted fit through the body and dramatic flare below the knee makes a statement on its own