Look At Maggie Now
(Sean McVicker)
Servin' my apprenticeship,
I met Maggie back in '52,
Ah, she was a lovely girl
And she was the first I ever knew.
I remember Maggie cryin' when I sailed away,
I was off to Canada, but she wanted me to stay;
Oh, look at Maggie now, look at Maggie now.
I wrote to Maggie once a week,
I told her that I loved her all the time,
I was workin' in a printer's shop,
I never took a drink to save a dime,
I was workin' in Toronto and I made a tidy sum,
Then she wrote and told me she wasn't gonna come,
Oh, look at Maggie now, look at Maggie now.
A letter came the second year,
What she told me made me awful sad;
She said she was in trouble
And she needed money awful bad;
I sent her back my savings and I waited a reply,
I never heard a bloody thing, Maggie made me cry;
Oh, look at Maggie now, look at Maggie now.
Well, many years had come and gone
And then one day I took myself back home;
I made a point to look her up,
I knocked the door and asked "Is Maggie home?'
Maggie looked the worse for wear, it's plain she runs around;
She said 'It's nice to see you, could you lend me 20 pounds?'
Oh, look at Maggie now, look at Maggie now.
I only stayed a minute,
I told her that I had to rush away;
1 knew the tears were comin"
And I said that I'd be back another day;
I nearly started cryin' as I slowly drove the car,
I parked down at the Market, and went into Mooney's bar,
And I thought 'Oh, look at Maggie now, look at Maggie now.'
Sad case, it's an awful pity of her, God help her right enough..
- Seamus Kennedy
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Seamus Kennedy in Concert
- The Liar Time: 2:57
- Down in the Coalmine Time: 2:30
- Murphy & the Snails Time: 3:39
- Hard Times Time: 3:20
- The Drover's Dream Time: 2:24
- The Writing of 'Tipperary' Time: 5:14
- TWA Recruiting Sergeants Time: 3:45
- The Nuns & the Devil/Johnny & the Bishop Time: 1:31
- The Widow & the Fairy/The King of the Fairies Time: 3:28
- Rose Time: 0:43
- The Mouse Time: 1:22
- The Wearing of the Green/The Rising of the Moon Time: 3:41
- Moses-Ri-Tooral-I-Ay Time: 2:01
- Take Her in your Arms Time: 3:16
- Scottish People Time: 2:45
- The Greatest Love/A Bottle of the Best Time: 2:42
- Look at Maggie Now Time: 3:01
- City by the Lagan Side Time: 2:34
- Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go Time: 4:39
- The Parting Glass Time: 2:01
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