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Maggie May This is perhaps the last fling of sailor balladry. It is a song that has found its way into every ship but none of the songbooks. The hardbitten text, with its reference to Botany Bay transportation, is older than the melody, which is the familiar 19th century tear-jerker, Darling Nellie Gray a melody well suited to singing when hearts are suddenly maudlin and beer mugs momentarily empty. |
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