Lyrics to
Maggie Mae

This version of Maggie Mae was released by The Beatles in 1970.

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Oh dirty Maggie Mae they have taken her away
And she never walk down Lime Street any more
Oh the judge he guilty found her for robbing a homeward bounder
That dirty no good robbing Maggie Mae
This is a part of Liverpool, they returned me to
Two pounds ten a week, that was my pay

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The lyrics to Maggie Mae are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Beatles in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Maggie Mae are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Beatles and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Maggie Mae back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Maggie Mae by The Beatles in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Maggie Mae" means the words set to the music of Maggie Mae, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Beatles. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Maggie Mae and the lyrics to Maggie Mae are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Beatles who came here looking just for the lyrics to Maggie Mae, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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