Tytuł: When you and i were young, Maggie

• Wykonawca: Perry Como
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It was first published as a song in 1866. The lyrics tell of
   the tragic love story of Maggie Clarke and George Johnson who,
   in the early 1860s, courted in Canada near Hamilton Ontario.
   They were married in 1864, but Maggie died less than a year
   later. Her husband immortalized their short life together in
   a poem which he published in a book of verse entitled 'Maple
   Leaves'. A young Englishman by the name of James Butterfield
   was so touched by the poem that he set it to music. Traces of
   the old mill can still be seen at Albions Falls near Hamilton.
  
   When You and I Were Young, Maggie
  
   Music by James Butterfield
   Lyrics by George Johnson
   Learn the story behind the song
  
   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.
  
   A city so silent and lone, Maggie
   Where the young and the gay and the best
   In polished white mansion 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 just as gay as they, 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 spray 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
   The trials of life nearly done
   Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie
   When you and I were young.