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The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the smiling faces. He met the gazes observed the spaces between the old men's cackle. Maaaary..... 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. 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 and her favour's good and strong: She's the Robin Hood of Highgate - helps the poor man get along. Cross-eyed Mary Aus Songtexte Mania