This song is about Mary, Queen of Scots, who was Queen of Scotland, who then abdicated and was executed ("she'll be leaving in the morning") on the morning of February 7, 1587.
If you listen to the song with that in mind, then lyrics like "Then there's the time she lost her husband, He was fighting for the right" (her husband died in a battle), "There could be knights and kings in armor, Horses ready just to fight" (obvious), "You can believe her when she tells you, She's had her turn around" (Mary acceded to the throne when she was only six days old), "She went fighting for her country, She went fighting for her home" (she fought in a civil war), and "All the money in the world, Couldn't tie old Mary down" (she abdicated the throne) will make sense.
Also, as the band Fludd is Canadian, and the country was under the British monarchy at the time, Canadians would refer to other old British colonies (Commonwealth) like Scotland, Ireland and Australia as their "cousins", hence the "Cousin Mary" song title.
This song is about Mary, Queen of Scots, who was Queen of Scotland, who then abdicated and was executed ("she'll be leaving in the morning") on the morning of February 7, 1587.
If you listen to the song with that in mind, then lyrics like "Then there's the time she lost her husband, He was fighting for the right" (her husband died in a battle), "There could be knights and kings in armor, Horses ready just to fight" (obvious), "You can believe her when she tells you, She's had her turn around" (Mary acceded to the throne when she was only six days old), "She went fighting for her country, She went fighting for her home" (she fought in a civil war), and "All the money in the world, Couldn't tie old Mary down" (she abdicated the throne) will make sense.
Also, as the band Fludd is Canadian, and the country was under the British monarchy at the time, Canadians would refer to other old British colonies (Commonwealth) like Scotland, Ireland and Australia as their "cousins", hence the "Cousin Mary" song title.