Songtexte Maggie May - Union of Sound

Gather 'round you sailor boys and listen to my plea
'Cause when you've heard it you will pity me
'Cause I was a bloody fool when we docked in Liverpool
The first time that I came home from the sea
Oh Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away
She'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For the judge he guilty found her
'Cause she robbed a homeward bounder
That dirty rotten no good Maggie May
I was a sailor man from home, hauled away from lands unknown
And two pound ten a month that be my pay
In my pocket it would stay 'til I was sent me head astray
By a dirty robbing tart called Maggie May
Oh Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away
She'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For the judge he guilty found her
'Cause she robbed a homeward bounder
That dirty rotten no good Maggie May
When I met her in the town she was walking up and down
And asked me if I'd care to drink some ale
In her gown she looked so fine like a frigate top of the line
And her bosom pushed ahead as if in snail
Oh Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away
She'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For the judge he guilty found her
'Cause she robbed a homeward bounder
That dirty rotten no good Maggie May
She gave me a saucy nod and like a farmer's clod
She told me all the men that she did know
And under all main sail we ran before the gale
And to the Crow's Nest tavern we did go
Oh Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away
She'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For the judge he guilty found her
'Cause she robbed a homeward bounder
That dirty rotten no good Maggie May
Next morning when I woke I found that I was broke
No trousers, coat or wallet could I find
And when I asked her where she said, "My dear young sir
You'll find them in the pawn shop number nine"
Oh Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away
She'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For the judge he guilty found her
'Cause she robbed a homeward bounder
That dirty rotten no good Maggie May
To the pawn shop I did go, no trousers could I find
So the coppers came and took this girl away
Oh you thieving Maggie May, you rob me of my pay
I'll pay your fare right down to Botany Bay
Oh Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away
She'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For the judge he guilty found her
'Cause she robbed a homeward bounder
That dirty rotten no good Maggie May
She was chained and sent away from Liverpool one day
The lads they cheered as she sailed down the bay
And every sailor lad, he only was too glad
They sent the old tart down to Botany Bay
Oh Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away
She'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
For the judge he guilty found her
'Cause she robbed a homeward bounder
That dirty rotten no good Maggie May