Maggie May
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Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They've taken you away
You'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For you robbed so many sailors
And skinned so many whalers
You clever no-good roving Maggie May
Now gather round you sailor boys and listen to me plea
And when you've heard my tale, oh pity me
For I was a ready fool in the port of Liverpool
The first time that I come home from sea
I was paid off at the home from the port of Sierra Leone
Four pounds in a month it was me pay
With a pocket full of tin I was very soon to kin
By a girl with the name of Maggie May
Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They've taken you away
You'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For you robbed so many sailors
And skinned so many whalers
You clever no-good roving Maggie May
Oh well, I do remember when I first met Maggie May
She was cruising up and down in Canning Place
She had a figure so divine like a frigate off the line
And me being just a sailor I gave chase
In the morning I awoke, I was flat as Donnybrook
No jacket, trousers, waistcoat could I find
When I asked her where they were, she said "My merry good sir
They're down in Kenny's Pound Shop Number Nine"
Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They've taken you away
You'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For you robbed so many sailors
And skinned so many whalers
You clever no-good roving Maggie May
To the pound shop I did go but no clothes there could I find
The policeman came and took that girl away
And the judge gave thirty pound her
For roving the home ward bound her
And paid her passage back to Botany Bay
She was chained and sent away from Liverpool one day
The lads all cried as she sailed down the bay
And every sailor lad was sad but sort of glad
They sent away misgivings Maggie May
Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They've taken you away
You'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For you robbed so many sailors
And skinned so many whalers
You clever no-good roving Maggie May
Oh Maggie, Maggie May
They've taken you away
You'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For you robbed so many sailors
And skinned so many whalers
You clever no-good roving Maggie May