[PAR] [TLE] Maggie May (musical) [SEP] Maggie May is a musical with a book by Alun Owen and music and lyrics by Lionel Bart.  Based on "Maggie May", a traditional ballad about a Liverpool prostitute, it deals with trade union ethics and disputes among Irish-Catholic dockers in Liverpool, centring on the life of streetwalker Margaret Mary Duffy and her sweetheart, a freewheeling sailor. [PAR] [TLE] Maggie May (folk song) [SEP] "Maggie May" (or "Maggie Mae") (Roud 1757) is a traditional Liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a "homeward bounder": a sailor coming home from a round trip.
[PAR] [TLE] Maggie May ( musical ) [ SEP ] Maggie May is a musical with a book by Alun Owen and music and lyrics by Lionel Bart . Based on " Maggie May " , a traditional ballad about a Liverpool prostitute , it deals with trade union ethics and disputes among Irish - Catholic dockers in Liverpool , centring on the life of streetwalker Margaret Mary Duffy and her sweetheart , a freewheeling sailor . [PAR] [TLE] Maggie May ( folk song ) [ SEP ] " Maggie May " ( or " Maggie Mae " ) ( Roud 1757 ) is a traditional Liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a " homeward bounder " : a sailor coming home from a round trip .
Who was Maggie May based on?
Who was Maggie May based on ?
a prostitute
a prostitute