Windrose - Maggie May

 
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Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away 
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To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel shore 
          E             Em          A 
Oh you robbed so many whalers, and many drunken sailors 
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But you'll never cruise 'round Liverpool no more 
 

 
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Now come here all you sailors bold, and listen to me tale 
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I know you all will sadly pity me 
      E           Em          A 
For I was a ruddy fool in the port of Liverpool 
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On a voyage when I first made off from sea 
 

 
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I was paid off at the Home, from a voyage from Sierra Leone 
                                
Two pounds ten a month had been my pay 
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As I jingled in me tin, I was sadly taken in 
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By a lady of the name of Maggie May 
 

 
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Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away 
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To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel shore 
          E             Em          A 
Oh you robbed so many whalers, and many drunken sailors 
                              A            E 
But you'll never cruise 'round Liverpool no more 
 

 
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When I steered into her, no I hadn't got a care 
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I was cruising up and down old Canning Place 
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She was dressed in a gown so fine, like a frigate on the line 
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And I, being just sailor-man, gave chase 
 

 
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Oh next morn' when I woke, and I found that I was broke 
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I had'nt got a penny I could find 
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So I had to pawn me suit, me John-Ls and me boots 
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Down in the Park Lane pawnshop number nine 
 

 
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Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away 
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To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel shore 
          E             Em          A 
Oh you robbed so many whalers, and many drunken sailors 
                              A            E 
But you'll never cruise 'round Liverpool no more 
 

 
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Oh you thievin' Maggie May, you robbed me of me pay 
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When I slept with you last night ashore 
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Oh it's guilty the jury found her, of robbin' of a homeward bounder 
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And she'll never roll down Paradise Street no more 
 

 
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She was chained and sent away from Liverpool one day 
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The lads all cheered as she sailed down the bay 
     E                    Em          A 
And every sailor lad, he only was too glad 
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That they'd sent the old whore out to Botany Bay 
 

 
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Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away 
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To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel shore 
          E             Em          A 
Oh you robbed so many whalers, and many drunken sailors 
                              A            E 
But you'll never cruise 'round Liverpool no more 
 

 
E   A                              E 
Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away 
E                  A              
To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel shore 
          E             Em          A 
Oh you robbed so many whalers, and many drunken sailors 
                              A            E 
But you'll never cruise 'round Liverpool no more 

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Oh, come on now! 
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Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away 
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To slave upon Van Diemen's cruel shore 
          E             Em          A 
Oh you robbed so many whalers, and many drunken sailors 
                              A            E 
But you'll never cruise 'round Liverpool no more 
                              A            E 
But you'll never cruise 'round Liverpool no more