Glen Daly - When You And I Were Young, Maggie

Originally written as a poem by a Canadian schoolteacher, George Washington Johnson, for one of his pupils, Margaret "Maggie" Clark. They fell in love, but she became ill. During this time, he walked to a hill overlooking a mill and wrote this poem. It was first published in 1864. They were married that same year, but sadly, she passed away the following year. James Butterfield set the poem to music.

Music by James Butterfield
Lyrics by George Washington Johnson

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.

They say 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.

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[keithbenjones]

you've done it again jenni you're beautiful thanks a million xxx