{"id":550,"date":"2013-07-19T07:47:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T11:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2018-03-01T21:54:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T01:54:26","slug":"maggie-may","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=550","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Mae"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not exactly your\u00a0Rod Stewart\u00a0version. \u00a0I understand that some people consider this song to be Liverpool’s unofficial national anthem.\u00a0 I have heard several variants of this song, some of which have rather filthy verses undoubtedly composed by the performers themselves; we, ourselves, have a fan base that likes to add less-than-family-friendly calls and words to the song as we perform it! Apparently the song has not made it to most folk-music collections and remains more in the oral tradition. \u00a0The version below comes from the singing of John Roberts and Tony Barrand.\u00a0 The earliest recording of the sing I am aware of was by Peter Kennedy on October 10, 1953, although it is known to be older, and it quickly became an unofficial anthem for Liverpool.\u00a0 This public-domain ditty was sampled by the Beatles on their 1970 album “Let It Be” – but\u00a0be aware<\/em> that they did NOT compose it… The recent movie Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Men Tell No Tales, erroneously credits The Beatles with having composed and thus\u00a0owning<\/em> the song… Don’t let any agent from ASCAP try to strong-arm you, and if need be, direct him to this page.<\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

\"Young<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Come gather round, my sailor lads, and listen to my plea,
\nAnd when you’ve heard my tale you’ll pity me,
\nI was a bloody fool in the port of Liverpool,
\nThe first time that I came home from sea.<\/p>\n

We was paid off at the Home, from the port of Sierra Leone,
\nAnd three pounds ten a week, it was my pay,
\nWith a pocket full of tin, I was very soon taken in
\nBy a pretty girl with the name of Maggie Mae.<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/span>
\nOh Maggie, Maggie Mae, they have taken her away,<\/i>
\nTo walk upon Van Diemen’s cruel shore,
\nShe robbed so many sailors, and dosed so many whalers,
\nAnd she’ll never roam down Lime Street any more.
\n<\/i><\/b>
\nOh, well do I remember when I first met Maggie Mae,
\nShe was cruising up and down old Canning Place, \u00a0{Without her drawers on!}
\nWith a figure so divine, just like a frigate of the line,
\nAnd me, being a sailor, I gave chase.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

She gave me a wink and nod, an\u2019 I like a horney clod,
\nLet her take me line abreast in tow;
\nWell under all plain sail we ran before the gale,
\nAn\u2019 to the Griswold Inn we both did go.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Next morning I awoke, I was flat and stony broke,
\nNo jacket, trousers, waistcoat could I find,
\nWhen I asked her where they were, she said: My very dear sir,
\nThey’re down in Kelly’s Pawnshop, Number Nine.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

To the pawnshop I did go, but no clothes there could I find,
\nAnd the police came and took my girl away,
\nAnd the judge he guilty found her of robbing a homeward-bounder,
\nAnd he paid her passage back to Botany Bay.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/span> 2x<\/i><\/p>\n

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