Maggie of the Cove

When I heard you were goin' home, boy

I took to ship to flee

Set sail for land known for rock and for snow

In hope of family

But she took me to rue

And only to soon

Did I come to grasp what I've lost

Twas the crippling love

From Maggie of the cove

 

I'd been traveling for half the year

No need to bare an arm

Saw barren lands that were once corn fields

Upon her daddy's farm

I'd be lying I said if I told you

I believe in angles and goddesses too

It was on the farmhouse balcony

She was standing above - Ms Maggie of the cove

Now he saw me saw her

But I saw her saw me

And you'd never guess he could think of me less

Than my father thought of me

    

Just imagine him standing there if you could

Saying you're not but a Gaelic and Protestant kid

Much bigger than he was fearless

And such was my love for Maggie of the cove

 

Maggie, take a day off from the hayloft

To the old hall we'll go

We'll have a dance and get to know

Maggie, take a day off from the hayloft

Let's give em all a show

How that girl could go

I was empty handed leaving there

And not for lack of charm

I could never guess she'd miss anyone less

Since I've left her daddy's farm

Now I'm back home and I'm thinkin' of her

In a hay field far from here

It was on the farmhouse balcony

She was standing above - Ms Maggie of

And such was my love For Maggie of

Twas the crippling love from Maggie of the cove