[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]

Who would be a

 poor man
  
A beggar man, 

a thief
             
If he had a ri

              
ch man in his 


hand?

And who would 

steal the cand

y
       
From a laughin

g baby's mouth
             
If he could ta

              
ke it from the

       
 money man?

[Chorus]

Cross-eyed Mar

y goes jumping

 in again

She signs no c

ontract but sh

e always plays

 the game
    
She dines in H

ampstead villa

ge on expense 

accounted grue

l

And the jack-k

nife barber 
             
Drops her off 

          
at school

[Verse 2]

Hey, laughing 

in the playgro

und
        
Gets no kicks 

from little bo

ys
             
Would rather m

              
ake it with a 

         
letching grey,

 yeah
            
Or maybe her a

         
ttention is 

Drawn by Aqual

ung, who
             
Watches throug

              
h the railings

         
 as they play

[Chorus 2]

Hey, cross-eye

d Mary finds i

t hard to get 

along

She's a poor m

an's rich girl

 and she'll do

 it for a song
        
She's a rich m

an stealer but

 her favour's 

good and stron

g

She's the Robi

n Hood of High

gate helps the
             
Poor man get a

          
-long, hey

[Verse 3]

Hey, laughing 

in the playgro

und
        
Gets no kicks 

from little bo

ys
             
Would rather m

              
ake it with a 

         
letching grey,

 yeah
            
Or maybe her a

         
ttention is 

Drawn by Aqual

ung, who
             
Watches throug

              
h the railings

         
 as they play

[Chorus]

Cross-eyed Mar

y goes jumping

 in again

She signs no c

ontract but sh

e always plays

 the game
    
She dines in H

ampstead villa

ge on expense 

accounted grue

l

And the jack-k

nife barber 
             
Drops her off 

          
at school


         
   Oh Mary!   

     
  Oh, cross-ey

ed Mary.