Now gather round me sailor boys and listen to me plea,
And when you hear me tale you?ll pity me
For I was a goddamned fool in the port of Liverpool
The first time that I came home from sea
Two pounds ten and sixpence was me pay.
With a pocket full of tin I was soon taken in
By a girl with the name of Maggie May
Oh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away
And she'll never walk down Lime Street any more.
She robbed so many sailors and captains of the whalers
That dirty robbing no good Maggie May
verse 2
Oh well do I remember when I first met Maggie May,
She was cruising up and down Old Canning Place,
She'd a figure so divine, like a frigate of the line,
And me being a sailor I gave chase.
Next morning I awoke, I was flat and stoney broke,
No jacket, trousers, waistcoat could I find.
When I asked her where they were, she said "Oh my dear sir,
They're down in Kelly's, locker number nine!"
Oh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away
And she'll never walk down Lime Street any more.
She robbed so many sailors and captains of the whalers
That dirty robbing no good Maggie May
Optional Instrumental Chorus
To the pawnshop I did go but no clothes there did I find,
And the policeman came and took that girl away,
The judge he guilty found her of robbing a homeward bounder,
And paid her passage back to Botany Bay
Oh, Maggie Maggie May they have taken her away
And she'll never walk down Lime Street any more.
She robbed so many sailors and captains of the whalers
That dirty robbing no good Maggie May
(repeat Chorus to end)