Maggie May  

    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 that went by the name of Maggie May.

    Chorus:
         Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away,
         And you'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
         For she robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many whalers
         And now she’s doing time in Botany Bay

     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 me, being a sailor, I gave chase.

     Chorus:

         Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away,
         And you'll never walk down Lime Street anymor
         For she robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many whalers,
         And now she’s doing time in Botany Bay

     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."

     Chorus:

         Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away,
         And you'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
         For she robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many whalers,
         And now she’s doing time in Botany Bay

    Oh, you thieving Maggie May, you robbed me of my pay,
    When I slept with you last night while ashore,
    And the judge he guilty found her of robbing a homeward-bounder,
    And she'll never roam down Lime Street any more.

    Chorus:

         Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you away,
         And you'll never walk down Lime Street anymore
         For she robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many whalers,
         And now she’s doing time in Botany Bay