
Date of issue: 31.12.1998
Record label: EMI
Song language: English
Maggie, Maggie May |
Now gather round you sailor boys, and listen to my plea |
And when you’ve heard my tale you’ll pity me |
For I was a real damned fool in the port of Liverpool |
The first time that I came home from the sea |
I was paid off at the Home, from a voyage to Sierra Leone |
Two pounds ten and sixpence was my pay |
When I drew the tin I grinned, but I very soon got skinned |
By a girl by the name of Maggie May |
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they’ve taken you away |
They’ve sent you to Van Diemen’s cruel shore |
For you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whaler |
And you’ll never shine in Paradise Street no more |
I shan’t forget the day when I first met Maggie May |
She was cruising up and down on Canning Place |
With a figure so divine, like a frigate of the line |
So, being a sailor, I gave chase |
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they’ve taken you away |
They’ve sent you to Van Diemen’s cruel shore |
For you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whaler |
And you’ll never shine in Paradise Street no more |
Next day I woke in bed, with a sore and aching head |
No shoes, or shirt, or trousers could I find |
I asked her where they were, and she answered, «My dear sir |
They’re down in Kelly’s knock-shop, number nine» |
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they’ve taken you away |
They’ve sent you to Van Diemen’s cruel shore |
For you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whaler |
And you’ll never shine in Paradise Street no more |
Oh, you thieving Maggie May, you robbed me of my pay |
When I slept with you last night ashore |
And the judge he guilty found her of robbing a homeward-bounder |
And she’ll never roam down Paradise Street no more |
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they’ve taken you away |
They’ve sent you to Van Diemen’s cruel shore |
For you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whaler |
And you’ll never shine in Paradise Street no more |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again ft. Barbra Streisand | 1963 |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow | 2012 |
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | 2012 |
Smile | 1995 |
The Trolley Song | 2012 |
Munchkinland ft. Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, JACK HALEY | 2010 |
Ding-Dong the Witch Is Dead ft. Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, JACK HALEY | 2010 |
For Me And My Gal | 2012 |
Get Happy | 2012 |
If I Only Had a Heart ft. Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, JACK HALEY | 2010 |
Come Rain or Come Shine | 2008 |
If I Only Had the Nerve ft. Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen | 2012 |
I Got Rhythm | 2012 |
(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow | 2012 |
Moon River | 2017 |
There Is No Breeze (To Cool the Flame of Love) | 2020 |
I Wish I Were in Love Again | 2020 |
The Boy Next Door | 2012 |
I Am Loved | 2008 |
Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You ft. Maude Erickson, Abe Dinovitch, Judy Garland, Abe Dinovitch, Maude Erickson | 2011 |