Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

Went down to the beach to play one day

And Maggie discovered a shell that sang

So sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles and

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Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

Went down to the beach to play one day

And Milly befriended a stranded star

Whose rays five languid fingers were

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For whatever we lose, like a you or a me

It’s always ourselves we find in the sea

It’s always ourselves that we find in the sea

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Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

Went down to the beach to play one day

Molly was chased by a horrible thing

Which raced sideways blowing bubbles and

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Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

Went down to the beach to play one day

May came home with a smooth round stone

As small as a world and as large as alone

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Chorus