When You And I Were Young Maggie - John McCormack

[thomascow1]

A rare recording, thanks for sharing, I had a friend thougt he was John McCormack, he got us threw out of many many good pubs, I have him singing on an old tape, must dig it out,Cheers Thumbs Up

[Dan1984850]

My ggg aunt was Maggie of Maggie Valley NC

[Dan1984850]

it gives me chills I love it

[IGOROZKARSKY]

You got a spelling error in the name there

[vulcanswork]

@IGOROZKARSKY

Thank you for telling me; I made the correction.

[shortstootite]

Another Great Rendition!! I Love it!!

[CanadaPisces]

It is a lovely listening experience when you you hear the great John McCormack sing a simple song so beautifully Thank you vulcanswork for the posting!

[Racking40]

Fantastic! Love the song and this rendition.

[mel577]

Thumbs up if The Who sent you here. :D

[alisonsdragonfly]

his voice is as near perfection as a new born baby

[CarlLafong01]

What a voice! Thanks for posting. When I was a kid, I discovered John McCormack while rummaging through a cut-out bin of vinyl LPs in a record store. The "junk" record, issued on Camden, an RCA Victor budget label, cost one dollar. It was a repressing of some of his great 1912-1914 Victor Red Seal recordings. When I heard it, I was dumfounded. I'd never heard such a vocal performance. I've bought a lot of McCormack over the years, but never again at such a bargain price.

[presweet08]

Maggie is my great great great aunt. I have her picture, and some of her writing, and she mentioned this song so i looked it up. (Y)

[iamintheburg]

@presweet08 At first, I misunderstood your comment. You had an ----- aunt whose name was Maggie. My great-grandma was Maggie, too; and I'm told she'd sing this and the tears ran down her face - I barely remember her, myself. The Maggie for whom the poem was written ( wasn't a song for about 4 years after it was composed ) died very young, from tb.....her husband of 7 months wrote the poem in her memory in 1864.

[presweet08]

@iamintheburg sorry i was writing this fast i didnt mean that my great great great great aunt wrote about this song. my actual aunt mentioned that a song was written about a family member of mine(maggie) called when you and i were young maggie. she then gave me her portrait and writing and so i looked up this song :)

[DeanMelchionda]

Perfection



[MyDandans]

fantastic

[Willtap]

A Brilliant Recording of a fine Tenor who brought great joy to my Grandparents, my parents, and now to me. Thanks for the re-mastering, it is fantastic. What a voice this man had.

[Tombstone314159]

This is a beautiful - and sad song as the real Maggie died young - and should be sung simply not with the forced bustergut type of performance and unctuous backing we find here. Even the amateurish versions are preferable. Dreadful! And why do these singers affect such ridiculous pronunciations?

[gib9230]

@Tombstone314159 I agree with the first part of what you wrote, but how can you disparage the greatest concert tenor of his time? How is an orchestral backing excessive? Bustergut? He's singing with the microphone, this is not an acoustic performance, and he makes today's opera singers look excessive and your amateurs look like clowns. Grow a pair of ears, because even though you know the history of the song, you obviously have NO musical taste, philistine.

[spankiek]

@crf250chris ... this will take you to everything about John McCormack's life and music: mccormacksociety dot co dot uk



[dougmax29]

I had an uncle who sang this as part of his "repotoire"when he had a drop or two my dad played the accordion,he was a fair old singer too,my grandmother played the piano. Saturday nights at our house and and other times at my uncles were great and funny especially when other relatives were there.This is in the fifties todays children have missed out on this sort of family life.

[rosewithbloodythorns]

Such a beautiful song.....memories from my youth....thanks for posting this.

[schlusnus]

Sublime  Eire's finest tenor

[volleyrocker1]

It's a good day to be named Maggie! ;D

[crf250chris]

wots the history please of this man ..

[tangledsailor]

"Fred's favorite song from the early part of the century was "When You and I were Young, Maggie." He sang it all his married life and had sung it at their fiftieth wedding anniversary party, which was a church service followed by a potluck dinner and open house. Fred bought Agnes a blue silk dress for the occasion. A few years later she wore that dress to his funeral, and two years after that, she was buried in it." - Quote from Mary Pipher's book "the shelter of each other"

[cooligalgirl]

my dear late uncle used to sing this song to his Maggie thanks for sharing god bless

[queenievenus]

My Mother use to call me Maggie, affectionatly ,although this was not the name I end up with, this song has great emotional influences on me. Sung so well by the great John Mc Cormack.

[rldudfhr]

음악 잘들었습니다

진심으로 감사해요

오후내내 이 음악으로 지내며

메기의 감동적인 사랑을 생각하며

향수에 젖습니다

[harmageden]

REMEMBER THE PAST ....THEN MOVE ON ...

[Willtap]

This version certainly allows the listener to appreciate the vocal talent of the Great Count John McCormack. Beautiful

[frisco21]

A splendid, nostalgic tune! Perry Como produced a snappy, jazzed up version of the same tune that also was very nice.

[SirCyrano]

Perfection! What a tragedy that beauty and lyrical sentiment have been expelled from popular music in our time. I feel deprived.

[Bonzotam]

Oh! how I just love this post. Thanks vulcanswork

[BrochRobert]

A great old song; a voice sublime.

[OldGrumpyGuy]

One of the great tenors