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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
Ian Anderson
Producer
Jeffrey Hammond
Recording Engineer
John Burns
Engineer
Terry Ellis
Producer
Lyrics
Who would be a poor man, a beggarman, 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
Laughing in the playground, gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching grey
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play
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.
Laughing in the playground, gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching grey
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
Cross-eyed Mary
Oh, Mary
Oh, cross-eyed Mary
Writer(s): Ian Anderson
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