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The Mary Ellis grave is a grave located behind an AMC Theatre on U.S. Route 1 in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The granite gravestone is located on a 7-foot (2.1 m) high stonework pyramid in the back parking lot. Seven relatives are also buried and marked on the grave itself.
The urban myth that Brandy was based on Mary Ellis (1750–1828), a spinster in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has been refuted by Lurie himself. [4] Lurie was thrilled with the deeper meaning given to the song when its lyrics were used as a metaphor by a father explaining his life's choices to his son in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ...
Feb 25, 2018 · Owing to the similarity of the song’s story to the story of the famed American spinster Mary Ellis who lived between 1750 and 1828, many speculated that the lyrics of the song are inspired Mary Ellis’ story. However, according to the song’s writer Elliot Lurie, the lyrics aren’t about Ellis.
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Dec 16, 2016 · So, Mary Ellis. There is a tombstone in New Jersey (with her name) and allegedly she was a spinster that had a very hot romance with a sailor that left and promised he would come back and marry...
- Dave Paulson
- Music Reporter
Aug 24, 2019 · The local rumor was that the band, which was formed at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, wrote and recorded the song as an ode to Mary Ellis. “Brandy,” according to the song’s lyrics, was in love with a ship captain who could not leave his true love, the sea, to marry her. Sounds like a familiar tale, doesn’t it?
songfacts ®. There's a port on a western bay. And it serves a hundred ships a day. Lonely sailors pass the time away. And talk about their homes. And there's a girl in this harbor town. And she works layin' whiskey down. They say, Brandy, fetch another round. She serves them whiskey and wine.
Aug 23, 2017 · There was a theory floated in recent years that the inspiration for “Brandy” was actually a women named Mary Ellis, a spinster in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where Rutgers University is located and where Lurie went to college. Local legend has it that Ellis was seduced by a sea captain who vowed to return from his journeys to marry her.
