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Significant variation between versions. In one version Maggie May robs the narrator in Liverpool, England and is sent to Botany Bay. In another the narrator is robbed by Maggie May in Botany Bay, after he follows her there for love.

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First line of verse: "O come along all you sailor boys and listen to my plea,"

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y The Penguin Australian Song Book J. S. Manifold , Ringwood : Penguin , 1964 Z406059 1964 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1964
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1964
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pg. 6-7
Note: With musical score. First line: 'Oh gather round, you sailor boys, and listen to my song,'
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y Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times Douglas Stewart (editor), Nancy Keesing (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z389570 1957 anthology poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976
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1976
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pg. 12-13
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y Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum Geoffrey Dutton (editor), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z399014 1976 anthology Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
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1976
)
pg. 37-38

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