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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jethro Tull
Performer
Ian Anderson
Flute
Jeffrey Hammond
Bass Guitar
Clive Bunker
Drums
Martin Barre
Electric Guitar
John Evan
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ian Anderson
Songwriter
Dee Palmer
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lyrics
Who would be a poor man
A beggar man, a thief
If he had a rich man in his hand?
And who would steal the candy
From a laughing baby's mouth
If he could take it from the money man?
Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again
She signs no contract
But she always plays the game
She dines in hampstead village
On expense accounted gruel
And the jack-knife barber drops her off at school
Hey, laughing in the playground
Gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gray, yeah
Or maybe her attention is drawn by aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play
Hey, cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along
She's a poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song
She's a rich man stealer but her favour's good and strong
She's the Robin Hood of highgate
Helps the poor man get along, hey
Laughing in the playground
Gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gray, yeah
Or maybe her attention is drawn by aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play
Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again
She signs no contract
But she always plays the game
She dines in hampstead village
On expense accounted gruel
And the jack-knife barber drops her off at school
Hey, cross-eyed Mary
Oh Mary, oh, cross-eyed Mary
Writer(s): Ian Anderson
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