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==Lyrics== The chant called for her to be removed from that role. It was referred to, in that context, during a parliamentary session in 1982.<ref>HC Deb 30 Nov 1982, vol. 617, col. 1513</ref> When Margaret Thatcher felt compelled to [[Margaret Thatcher#Challenges to leadership and resignation|resign]] some people had memories of chanting it for thirteen years.<ref>Fun memories of protesting https://web.archive.org/web/20020105051537/http://socialistworker.co.uk/1742/sw174223.htm</ref><ref>Steel, Mark. Reasons to be Cheerful. Scribner</ref> People were passionate about this group activity and associated it with varied political struggles from that time.<ref>Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside. https://web.archive.org/web/20030201041127/http://cjstone.co.uk/pgs/others05seaside.htm</ref><ref>Remarks visiting Bristol, Margaret Thatcher Foundation http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105329 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019082143/https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105329 |date=2018-10-19 }}</ref> It is a variant of the "[[Oggy Oggy Oggy]], Oi Oi Oi" chant. When used in that format, the lyrics were: {{poemquote|Maggie, Maggie, Maggie! Out! Out! Out! Maggie, Maggie, Maggie! Out! Out! Out! Maggie! Out! Maggie! Out! Maggie, Maggie, Maggie! Out! Out! Out!}} The Larks produced a track called "Maggie, Maggie, Maggie (Out, Out, Out)" which was included on the Miners' Benefit LP "Here We Go" on [[Sterile Records]].<ref>The Larks http://www.facebook.com/maggiemaggiemaggieoutoutout {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019082149/https://myspace.com/exaltationoflarks |date=2018-10-19 }}</ref> Upon [[1990 Conservative Party leadership election|Thatcher's resignation]], groups of opponents gathered at [[10 Downing Street|Downing Street]], chanting a variation β replacing the word "out" with "gone".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-protest-ban-6096238.html|title=Letters: Protest ban|date=2006-07-05|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Things can only get better : eighteen miserable years in the life of a Labour supporter, 1979-1997|last=O'Farrell, John.|date = 31 October 2010|isbn=978-1409020776|location=London|oclc=1004975264}}</ref> Following the death of Thatcher on 8 April 2013, this chant was revived in the format of "Maggie, Maggie Maggie (Dead, Dead, Dead)" at celebratory parties held in [[Glasgow]], [[London]] and [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]].<ref name="Mendick2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9992118/Some-Liverpool-fans-celebrate-Baroness-Thatchers-death-with-derisory-chants.html|title=Some Liverpool fans celebrate Baroness Thatcher's death with derisory chants|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235058/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9992118/Some-Liverpool-fans-celebrate-Baroness-Thatchers-death-with-derisory-chants.html|archive-date=2018-01-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Neild2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-party-brixton-glasgow|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Margaret Thatcher's death greeted with street parties in Brixton and Glasgow|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523152450/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-party-brixton-glasgow|archive-date=2019-05-23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cockerton2013">{{cite news|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-dead-video-cheering-1818888|title=Margaret Thatcher dead: Street parties held across the UK to mark passing of PM|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122181712/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-dead-video-cheering-1818888|archive-date=2018-01-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
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