Why do they all know maggie, why do they love her so
No Judy holds a candle up to her
And mister if you've missed darling Maggie of your list
You're not half the man I thought you were

Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, now they've taken her away
How can Liverpool be what it was before
Some rotten homeward bounder, has got his grip around her
And she'll never walk down lime Street anymore

So server up half a bitter, but never bitter be
It only gives you wrinkles on your brow
You had been so they say, quite a beauty in your day
But your reputations Maggies gone

Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, now they've taken her away
How can Liverpool be what it was before
Some rotten homeward bounder, has got his grip around her
And she'll never walk down lime Street anymore

Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, now they've taken her away
How can Liverpool be what it was before
Some rotten homeward bounder, has got his grip around her
And she'll never walk down lime Street anymore

No she'll never walk down lime Street anymore.

