Cross-Eyed Mary

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“Cross-Eyed Mary”
Song by Jethro Tull
Album Aqualung
Released March 19, 1971
Recorded December 1970 - February 1971 at Island Studios, London
Genre Progressive Rock
Length 4:06
Label Reprise(original US)
Chrysalis/Capitol (US re-issue)
Writer Ian Anderson
Producer Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis
Aqualung track listing
"Aqualung"
(1)
Cross-Eyed Mary
(2)
"Cheap Day Return"
(3)


"Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the English progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their album Aqualung (1971). The song is about "Cross-Eyed Mary", a young girl who steals from her rich family to give to the poor she sees near her school, making her the "Robin Hood of Highgate". It was intended as a companion piece to "Aqualung", a piece on the same album about a homeless man. Indeed, the Aqualung character is given a cameo in "Cross-Eyed Mary", suggesting that the girl may have been stealing food for him. The song has been covered by Iron Maiden [1], and also by Clutch for the Sucking the '70s compilation.

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