Mitch Miller<\/p>\n
When You and I Were Young, Maggie\r\nMusic by James Austin Butterfield (1837-1891)\r\nLyrics derived from the poem \"When You and I Were Young\" by George Washington Johnson \r\n(1846-1914)\r\n \r\nThis song has been performed by many people in many different styles from the lyrical\r\nbeauty of the Irish tenor John McCormack who recorded it in 1925 (available on YouTube)to\r\nall manner of Bluegrass, Dixieland, Country and Folk styles. I like to play and sing it\r\nin a slightly Dylanesque fashion hence the Dsus and the A7addG chords in this version.\r\n \r\nThe lyrics vary from version to version and often verse 2 is omitted but here I have\r\nused the words from the original score published by J A Butterfield and Co, Indianapolis in\r\n1866 so you may mix and match as you please. The published score differs slightly from\r\nJohnson\u2019s original poem and I have marked associated lines with * and annotated these at\r\nthe end for information. The chorus was not part of the original poem.\r\n \r\n \r\nIntro:\r\nD<\/span> G<\/span> D<\/span> A<\/span> D<\/span> ( )\r\n\/\/\/\/\u00a6\/\/\/\/\u00a6\/\/ \/\/\u00a6\/\/\/ (I wandered...)\r\n \r\nAlternative Intro:\r\nD<\/span> ( )\r\n\/\/ \/\/ \u00a6\/ \/ \/ (I wandered...)\r\n \r\nVerse 1\r\n\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nI wandered today to the hill, Maggie\r\n D<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nTo watch the scene below\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nThe creek and the creaking old mill, Maggie\r\n D<\/span> A7addG\r\nWhere we sat in the long, long ago.\r\n G<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nThe green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie\r\n A<\/span> E<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nWhere first the daisies sprung\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nThe creaking old mill is still, Maggie\r\n D<\/span> A7addG\r\nSince you and I were young. \/\/ \u00a6\/\/\/\r\n \r\n \r\nChorus:\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nAnd now we are aged and grey, Maggie,\r\n\r\n D<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nAnd the trials of life nearly done,\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nLet us sing of the days that are gone Maggie\r\n D<\/span> A7addG\r\nWhen you and I were young. \/\/ \u00a6\/\/\/\r\n \r\n \r\nVerse 2\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nA city so silent and lone, Maggie\r\n D<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nWhere the young and the gay and the best*\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nIn polished white mansions of stone, Maggie\r\n D<\/span> A7addG\r\nHave each found a place of rest,*\r\n G<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nIs built where the birds used to play, Maggie\r\n A E A\r\nAnd join in the songs that were sung\r\n D G\r\nFor we sang just as gay as they, Maggie\r\n D A7addG\r\nWhen you and I were young. \/\/ \u00a6\/\/\/\r\n \r\n \r\nChorus:\r\n D G\r\nAnd now we are aged and grey, Maggie,\r\n D A\r\nAnd the trials of life nearly done,\r\n D G\r\nLet us sing of the days that are gone Maggie\r\n D A7addG\r\nWhen you and I were young. \/\/ \u00a6\/\/\/\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nVerse 3\r\n D G\r\nThey say I am feeble with age, Maggie,\r\n D A\r\nMy steps are less sprightly than then,\r\n D G\r\nMy face is a well-written page, Maggie,*\r\n D A7addG\r\nBut time alone was the pen.\r\n G D\r\nThey say we are aged and grey, Maggie,*\r\n A E A\r\nAs sprays by the white breakers flung,*\r\n D G\r\nBut to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie,\r\n D A7addG\r\nWhen you and I were young. \/\/ \u00a6\/\/\/\r\n \r\nChorus\r\n \r\n D G\r\nAnd now we are aged and grey, Maggie,\r\n D A\r\nAnd the trials of life nearly done,\r\n D G\r\nLet us sing of the days that are gone Maggie\r\n D A7addG\r\nWhen you and I were young. \u00a6 \/\/ \/ & \/\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n*Words which vary from original poem:\r\n1 Where the young, the gay and the best\r\n1 Have each found a palace of rest\r\n2 My face is a full written page, Maggie\r\n3 But Time\u2019s alone was the pen\r\n4 Our heads they say are as gray, Maggie\r\n5 As the spray by the white breakers flung\r\n \r\n \r\nChords\r\n A A7addG D\r\nE--0----3------3-----0-----------|\r\nB--2----2------3-----3-----------|\r\nG--0----2------2-----2-----------|\r\nD--2----2------0-----0-----------|\r\nA--0----0------------------------|\r\nE--0----0------------------------|<\/pre>\nX<\/div>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitch Miller When You and I Were Young, Maggie Music by James Austin Butterfield (1837-1891) Lyrics derived from the poem “When You and I Were Young” by George Washington Johnson (1846-1914) This song has been performed by many people in many different styles from the lyrical beauty of the Irish …