Maggie May Song

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Maggie may song. In 2004 rolling stone ranked the song number 131 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time background maggie may expresses the ambivalence and contradictory emotions. If it hadn t there would have been no justice in the world. Maggie may or maggie mae roud 1757 is a traditional liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a homeward bounder. A sailor coming home from a round trip.

Maggie may broke down all the doors for rod stewart upon its release in late summer 1971. Maggie may is a song written by singer rod stewart and martin quittenton and recorded by stewart in 1971 for his album every picture tells a story most versions of maggie may incorporate a 30 second solo guitar intro henry composed by martin quittenton maggie may expresses the ambivalence and contradictory emotions of a young man involved in a relationship with an older woman and. Music video by rod stewart performing maggie may gasoline alley. Rod stewart recalls the circumstances that inspired the song.

In july 1961 a few of my mates. Maggie may is an embellished retelling of a tryst rod stewart had with an older woman in 1961. P 2004 rca records a division of sony music entertainment rodstewart maggiemay vevo. John manifold in his penguin australian song book described it as a foc sle song of liverpool origin apparently but immensely popular among seamen all over the world.