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Now gather round you sailor boys, and listen to my pleaAnd when you've heard my tale you'll pity meFor I was a real damned fool in the port of LiverpoolThe first time that I came home from the seaI was paid off at the Home, from a voyage to Sierra LeoneTwo pounds ten and sixpence was my payWhen I drew the tin I grinned, but I very soon got skinnedBy a girl by the name of Maggie MayOh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you awayThey've sent you to Van Diemen's cruel shoreFor you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whalerAnd you'll never shine in Paradise Street no moreI shan't forget the day when I first met Maggie MayShe was cruising up and down on Canning PlaceWith a figure so divine, like a frigate of the lineSo, being a sailor, I gave chaseOh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you awayThey've sent you to Van Diemen's cruel shoreFor you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whalerAnd you'll never shine in Paradise Street no moreNext day I woke in bed, with a sore and aching headLetras de cancionesNo shoes, or shirt, or trousers could I findI 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 awayThey've sent you to Van Diemen's cruel shoreFor you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whalerAnd you'll never shine in Paradise Street no moreOh, you thieving Maggie May, you robbed me of my payWhen I slept with you last night ashoreAnd the judge he guilty found her of robbing a homeward-bounderAnd she'll never roam down Paradise Street no moreOh, Maggie, Maggie May, they've taken you awayThey've sent you to Van Diemen's cruel shoreFor you robbed so many a sailor, and skinned so many a whalerAnd you'll never shine in Paradise Street no more From Letras Mania