When you and I were Young Maggie - Climax Jazz Band

[RaintreeLDS]

This is a true story, about Maggie Clarke and George Johnson, who courted and married in the early 1860s in Ontario. She died within a year (giving birth?), and he wrote the poem. An Englishman James Butterfield was so touched by the poem that he wrote the music, and the rest is history (pun intended). The song was first published in 1866. I reckon that George Johnson knew what was coming -- how he would feel when he became older. So do I.

[RaintreeLDS]

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

[hapeverse]

Great!

[ls6chevy454]

If you can ever find Monty Sunshne in conjunction with Chris Barber playing this, you will weep for joy, it is so beautiful. Old Rugged cross is another superb rendering. Barber frequently allowed his players to do complete solos.

[Corrie121]

Fantastic!!. Very appropriate that a Canadian band should give such a grand rendition of this much loved Canadian song.

Thanks for sharing.