WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG, MAGGIE - 1866 - Tom Roush

George W. Johnson, a school teacher, wrote the lyrics to this song in 1864 as a poem for Maggie Clark, his young wife of 23 who was dying of Tuberculosis. She died in 1865 before she could hear the words put to music by J.A.Butterfield in 1866. This was an extremely popular song up through the 1920's. NOW AVAILABLE ON iTunes and AMAZON MP3 - http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/silver-threads-among-the-gold/id494363241

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[paulinus43ad]

bloody hell ,,you are incredible,,great Scott version , are you not international,,,,,

[MusicOfTomRoush]

@paulinus43ad Thank You! I always appreciate your comments coming all the way from 'down under.' I've always wanted to visit Austrailia but I've not made it there yet.

[lbeamer44]

Beautiful song!

[MusicOfTomRoush]

@lbeamer44 You would sound great doing it!

[TheGockelgorski]

Very nice...Love it...

Thanks my sweet angel ♥♥♥ :)

[paulinus43ad]

my friend,,,, us Ausies are welcome all people,,we are so laid back hey matey,, come on over,, we have been other nations wartime cannon fodder ,,cause we were so ready to go war,.,so young ,,so inexperineced ,so bloody friendly,, maybe our innonicece,,wrong spelling,,,oh well,, small matter,,but Aussies welcome all people,,,, c. ya matey,,,,just bring your beautiful music with you ok,,,,,,,,,,,keep away from Bondi Beach,,,,,,,,,,,,

[lawomega1]

What a treat to hear a wonderful singer singing such a fabulous rendition of this song,my god there is such talent out there,and ive been the lucky one with the rest of you all to have found it today,thanks a million for posting ( ive played it 1/2 a dozen times already .(from over the pond )

[tedk2ohio]

My daughters' name is Maggie. She got married on Saturday. I passed out a copy of the music to everyone at the wedding and had the DJ play this song in just a tad more upbeat version. Everyone young and old sang along and whenever it came to sing "Maggie" everyone raised their glass and really belted out "MAGGIE". That was the plan anyway. The DJ said he couldn't find the song in his catalogue.

[ODSoldier]

Tom, thank you for this great work of art. When I was about 9 years old

My Mom bought me a rose wood ukulele from a Sears catalog for about $8.00. Some of the songs in the instruction manual and how to make the chords were “Old Kentucky Home”, “Maggie” and “Sewanee River”. I had a quick trip back with your song, thanks. Your efforts to maintain some of our history will be remembered by many.

[IvoniceAstrid]

i love this song it's so full of love and devotion and reminds me of my gran singing this when i was very little in Brasil ! ( yes i know tis a strange thought of a gran singing this to a child in south america !! lol...but there we go, life is strange:-))  ...great song, very well performed xx

[nikawaii23]

such a beautiful song with beautiful and touching lyrics. It creates a bittersweet image in one's mind. I like it.