Handsome Molly

Composer: traditional
Recording date: June-September 1992
Recording locations: studio, London, England & Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Producers: Rick Rubin & Mick Jagger      Chief engineer: John Brough


Probable line-up:

Fiddle: Robin McKidd
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Harmonica: Mick Jagger
 

I wish I was in London
Or some other seaport town
I'd set myself on a steamship
And I'll sail the ocean round

While sailing around the ocean
While sailing around the sea
I'd dream of Handsome Molly
Wherever she might be

Her hair's as black as raven
Her eyes as black as coal
Her teeth are like lilies
That in the morning glow

Oh don't you remember, Molly
You gave me your right hand
You said that if you married
Well I would be your man

And now you've gone and left me
Go on with who you please
My poor heart is aching here
Lying at your ease

And I go down to the river
And everyone's asleep
I dream of handsome Molly
And I sit right down and weep

I wish I was in London
Or some other seaport town
I'd set myself on a steamship
And I'd sail this ocean round

 While sailing around the ocean
While sailing around the sea
I'd dream of Handsome Molly
Wherever she might be

 
 

TrackTalk

I kept putting it in the running order and it didn't really work. I found it very hard to place - you couldn't have it (alongside) an R&B tune. Then Jimmy Rip said, Well, why don't you put it at the end of the record, after a little gap, so something won't have to come after it. I think that worked out.

- Mick Jagger, December 1992


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