When You and I Were Young, Maggie

Writer:  George W. Johnson & J. A. Butterfield
Source:  The original published sheet music
Key:     F



I wandered today to the hill, Maggie
To watch the scene below
The creek and the creaking old mill, Maggie
As we used to long ago
The green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie
Where first the daisies sprung
The creaking old mill is still, Maggie
Since you and I were young

    And now we are aged and grey, Maggie
    And the trials of life nearly done
    Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie
    When you and I were young

A city so silent and lone, Maggie
Where the young and the gay and the best
In polished white mansions of stone, Maggie
Have each found a place of rest
Is built where the birds used to play, Maggie
And join in the songs that were sung
For we sang as gay as they, Maggie
When you and I were young

    And now we are aged and grey, Maggie
    And the trials of life nearly done
    Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie
    When you and I were young

They say I am feeble with age, Maggie
My steps are less sprightly than then
My face is a well written page, Maggie
But time alone was the pen
They say we are aged and grey, Maggie
As sprays by the white breakers flung
But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie
When you and I were young

    And now we are aged and grey, Maggie
    And 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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