Maggie, When you and I were young ....

When You and I Were Young, Maggie is a famous folk song, popular song and standard. Its lyrics were written as a poem by the Canadian school teacher George Washington Johnson. Margaret "Maggie" Clark was his pupil. They fell in love and during a period of illness, George walked to a nearby hill, overlooking a mill, and composed the poem. The general tone is perhaps one of melancholy and consolation over lost youth rather than mere sentimentality or a fear of ageing. It was published in 1864 in a collection of his poems entitled Maple Leaves. They were married in 1864 but Maggie's health deteriorated and she died on May 12, 1865. James Butterfield set the poem to music and it became popular all over the world. George Washington Johnson died in 1917.

The song was first recorded by Corinne Morgan and Frank C. Stanley in 1905 and has been recorded since by many famous artists including opera tenors John McCormack, Jan Peerce and Enrico Caruso, early country singer Fiddlin' John Carson, bluegrass musicians Stanley Brothers, Reno and Smiley, Mac Wiseman, David Grisman and James Alan Shelton, crooners Perry Como and Gene Autry and popular singers such as Henry Burr. Instrumental recordings of Butterfield's melody are also numerous, and date as far back as the 1930s. Notable recordings include those of jazzmen Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Sidney Bechet and ragtime pianist Johnny Maddox. The song is also considered as a standard of dixieland. In 1983 Irish duo Foster & Allen reached number 27 in the UK singles chart with their version. This led many people to think it was an Irish song. It was also recorded by De Dannan on the album "Star-Spangled Molly", and by James Galway and The Chieftains on "In Ireland".

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Singers는 둘다 모르는 사람으로 첫번은 Male solo,
두번째는 Female 입니다.
가사는 비슷하지만 각자 다르게 부르기에 가사도 올립니다.



I wandered today to the hill, Maggie,
To watch the scene below -
The creek and the creaking old mill, Maggie,
As we used to, long long ago.
The green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie,
Where once the daisies sprung;
The creaking old mill is still, Maggie,
Since you and I were young.

And now we are agèd and grey, Maggie,
The trials of life nearly done,
Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie,
When you and I were young.

Oh, they say that I'm feeble with age, Maggie,
My steps are slower than then,
My face is a well-written page, Maggie,
And time alone was the pen.
They say we are around the time, Maggie,
As they xxx song that we sung,
But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie,
When you and I were young.

I wandered today to the hill, Maggie,
To watch the scene below -
The creek and the old rusty mill, Maggie,
Where we sat in the long, long ago.
The green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie,
Where once the daisies had sprung;
The old rusty mill is now still, Maggie,
Since you and I were young.

And now we are aged and grey, Maggie,
And the trials of life nearly done,
Let's sing of the days that are gone, Maggie,
When you and I were young.

A city so silent and lone, Maggie
Where young and gay and best
In polished white mansion of stone, Maggie
Where they each found a place for their rest
Is built where the birds used to play, Maggie
And join in songs that were sung
We sang just as gay as did they, Maggie
When you and I were young.

They say  I am feeble with age, Maggie,
My steps less sprightly than then,
My face is a well-written page, Maggie,
Then but time, time alone was the pen.
They say we are agèd and grey, Maggie,
As spray by white breakers flung,
But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie,
When you and I were young.
When you and I were young.