Maggie

[callo060]

My grandmother Maggie, she will always be remembered

[rhrouda42]

Rich, I feel your loss.

[totalteddyful]

God she is awesome what a singer this lady is, Ireland should be so poud of her

[kenny7245]

Mary Duff your so good its a pleasure listening to you you will always be specail and blessed with a golden voice

[donnaasbury]

I love her singing and I love to hear her with Daniel.

[SuperGenghis1]

This is the BEST i have heard apart from Sydney Devine but a lovely voice.

[TheJocko60]

originally searched for sydney devine singing this song but just as happy to listen to this version

[Justraycarroll]

Is this Mary Duff singing?



[TheGeordie38]

Maggie. Just so soft and beautiful. Can listen to Mary for hours. Keep it up

[tron2102]

Oh my God my Grandmother used to sing this!

[TheGeordie38]

@tron2102 How lucky can some people be.

[maggggiiee]

lovely song x

[AustinRogers1]

This is a totally different lyric from the song I was looking for, but the same tune.

Well done!

[PagenBabe]

Beautiful voice, wonderful song, now I'm more proud that my name is Maggie ^_^

[capn1947]

Beautiful voice,beautiful lady.

[MrGranddad2]

Is there anyone else interested in this lovely lady singing?

[FBM2YT]

I had never heard these lyrics to this traditional Irish song before. The traditional opening Lyrics are: "I wandered today through the hills, Maggie, to watch the scene below..."

[jimmyskiff]

@FBM2YT I love this great song too but I'm afraid it was written by two Canadians over 100 years ago

Jimmyskiff

[FBM2YT]

@jimmyskiff That part probably doesn't really matter, in that it really is already old, and Canada was made up of a lot of Scottish and Irish immigrants, much as America was.

[jimmyskiff]

@FBM2YT Sorry - I put comment in wrong place JS

[walterwallyb1]

Charley Taylor Can[t even come close to this singer.Unless you are tone deaf.

[MrGranddad2]

@totara8 God bless Maggie

[MrGranddad2]

How can anyone not love this Red haired Mary.

What I am not sure of is the transcription of this line,

“The chestnut blooms green through the glades Maggie”

Oh what I’d give to see this lady in person.

[when201]

@MrGranddad2 

[justme6018]

God I sure miss my  MAGGIE

[44caseyjones]

I rate Mary as great as Patsy and loretta (My other favourites)

[conlaoch2011]

aye she can sing hur.. baws,, she indeed can sing hur,

[bilmar1966]

Magnificent! However, this may be considered 'a good old Irish song,' but it was written by Canadian schoolteacher George Washington Johnson for his student Margaret 'Maggie' Clark, whom he later married, only to have her die in their first year of marriage. James Butterfield later set the poem to music. Most consider it Irish, and no one sings it as well as CharleyTaylor, a well-known Detroit Irish tenor.

[sukes58]

mary is nearly 60 yrs old now and still singing brilliantly

[whatnameisleftnow]

60 is the new 30 --- keep on singing

[maighahhxx]

me too! :D

[lakeside900]

I am so in love with her voice, soooo pleasing.

[epboulevard77]

shes a good singer i like this song sydney devine does no a bad version of maggie lol

[TheLastFamousWords]

Nora Nora Nora Nora!!

It was Norah!!!!

Who's this Maggie???

[Starman5491]

Lovely rendition by a lovely lady. I'm not familiar with her name but I hope her singing becomes even better known. She deserves it.

[lindafan05]

oh shes huge in ireland atm irelands top female entertainer and growin..sings with daniel odonnel loads

[terrygrif]

Does it really matter where a song comes from? A great song is always enjoyable.

The confusion may arise from the playright Sean O Casey using this song in one of his plays under the title "Nora".

Whatever the origin I enjoyed hearing it again.

Greetings from Ireland.

Terry.

[dph1943]

I remember my father singing this song many,many years while he shaved.

[cloneoffred]

No,no,no no !!!!!

This song is Canadian.

It is NOT Irish

[markbackshall]

I love irish songs and the wonderful kind people but lets have it right - this is not an Irish sing

[blmsng72]

Love all her songs

[BellaDiabolical]

this bitch is ridiculous!!!!

[felliered]

Thanks for your comment Bella,she brings a lot of pleasure to thousands of people, DO YOU???? All the best to you. RHM

[Macangusagain]

"this bitch" is one of the finest singers of Ireland,absolutely note-perfect , and breathtaking , and as a Scots - Canadian I hate having to go to the defence of the Irish. But fair is fair, and idiots and bullies need to be addressed !!! . Consider yourself addressed, BellaDiabolical, and consider a new username, BellowingClasslessLout .Albainn gu brath agus Eirinn gu brath

[bridgetoofar2]

fuck you, scotish scum! Ireland forever

[Macangusagain]

I was going to bat for your Irish singer over the remarks of BellaDiabolical who referred to her as "this bitch". If you weren't both an idiot and illiterate , you'd have caught on to that, and not put up your pitiful posting. What a sad insignificant little unit you are !!! Albainn Gu Brath agus Eirinn Gu Brath !!!

[SilkGramma]

May theblessings of God be on you from now and this day forward

[Hobbit955]

I love this song!! I have it on my ipod and my name is Maggie : )

[cowboy6591]

I cant beleive no one here even mentions her name, For gods sakes what is this singers name?

[felliered]

Mary Duff she is an Irish singer.

[jsim8242]

She is so great! Love all her sons.

[roykwong88]

Excellent.I studied medicine in Dublin for six years.Maggie was one of the songs which I

heard in those days.I look forward to hear more good songs from you. RK(Canada)

[Gemr0d]

This song was indeed called Maggie and the original lyrics are totally different to this. I read somewhere that the song was popular with confederate soldiers during the American civil war. The Irish playwright Sean O'Casey took the melody and wrote the lyrics we're hearing here only with the title "Nora" which he used in his play "the Plough and the Stars". It's a beautiful song with either lyrics and this lady really does it justice.

[JamesLiveProductions]

Yes, the old ones are quite different!

[jakeseyes]

Absolutely beautiful! Thanks

[Milo3333]

Que hermoso canta esa mujer,..es la primera vez que la veo, y desde ya me declaro fan de ella. Y la acabo de conocer solo por accidente cuando estuve buscando la cancion "white rose of athens", cantada por Nana Mouskouri.

[tintoid]

The song is actually Canadian.

Lovely song.

[knockcasta]

it is actually irish and it was originally "Nora"

[tintoid]

There are a number of websites about the origin of this song.

Here on YouTube under "John MCCormack - When You and I Were Young Maggie" there is also some information.

Good wishes

[tintoid]

Although we have the same musical notes I see we have different words set to the tune.

Interesting hor these things happen.

[heliodor001]

Sorry but tintoid is correct. The song was written in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1864 by George W. Johnson. He was a schoolteacher and Maggie was a former pupil of his whom he married. She died in 1865. Nora is a take off of Maggie.

[bkalei]

tintoid: You are correct. Most people think this Irish. It is not. It was written as a poem by a canadian teacher for one of his students, Margaret (Maggie) Clark. He was in love with her. They later married, but she died soon after. The poem was eventually set to the melody you now hear, and it became popular world wide as "When You And I Were Young, Maggie.

[WALRU11]

Mary Duff, this is the stuff of which angel's dreams are made. And of every choice, 'tis your heavenly voice I should hear when to rest I am laid. Mháire, Go mbeannai Dia duit.

[icrazymaggie]

My mammy sings this to me!!! Embarresing!! Awh cringe (",)

[possilgirl]

my da used to sing this to my ma ,,,, they are both gone now but this song takes me back to when I was a wean

[Salanor]

whats to say,brilliant,a lady who sings from the heart

[elvischevy]

great , best take on this song