SWEET MAGGIE GORDON
Ned Straight, Arr. 1880

1
I wish my love and I were sailing,
As far from land as far can be,
Far, far across the deep blue water,
Where I'd have none to trouble me.

Chorus:
Sweet Maggie Gordon you are my bride,
Come sit you down upon my knee,
And tell to me the very reason,
Why I am slighted thus by me.

2
The sea is deep, I can't swim over,
Neither have I the wings to fly,
But I will hire some jolly sportsman,
To carry o'er my love and I.
3
I wish I had a glass of Brandy,
The reason I will tell to thee,
Because when drinking I am thinking,
Does my true love remember me.

Sheet music, American Memory. The title page refers to Ned Straight as the composer. Pub. Mrs Pauline Lieder, NY, 1880. A note refers to the waltz, "Sweet Maggie Gordon Waltz," by J. J. Freeman.