When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Composer, James Austin Butterfield, 1866
 

Midi 1(F102)   Midi 2(F210)   Midi 3(F114)
Midi 4(F93)   Midi 5(F100)   Midi  6(F95)  Midi 7(C93)

Midi 8(F93)*-harp
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     -5N =   -5natural (B - not Bb)

Tabbed by Mark Purintun 5-05
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Harmonica Club version

 RRRr 6    6   5   -4    4  -4  4      4      -3 4   -3     3    4   5 6  6 5    -4 -->
|     I | wandered to | day to the | hill, | Maggie, to | watch the scene b e | low. |
-> 6      6    5   -4    4 -4  4     4      -3 4     4    4    3   4  5      6    -4  5    4
| The | creek and the | rusty old |mill, | Maggie, where we | sat in the | long, long a | go. |
-> r  4      -6    -6   6    -5    6   -6     6      5  -6 r  5       -4   6
|    The | green grove is | gone from the | hill, | Maggie  where | first the |
  -5N -7   -6       6-----> R 6   6   5 -4     4 -4 4    4      -3 4     4 -3
| daisies have | sprung. |   The old rusty | mill is | still, | Maggie, since |
   3  4 5   6 -4 5     4 ----> 6 6  6 5 -4    4 -4   4      4     -3  4     -3
| you and | I were | young. | 'n a city so | silent and | lone, | Maggie, where |
   3    4    5     6   6   5     -4 ---> 6    6   5     -4     4  -4    4   4
| the young and | the gay an' | best. | In | polished white | mansions of stone, |
   -3 4     4     3     4   5   6 -4   5     4 --> r 4     -6    -6   6
| Maggie, have | each found a | place of | rest, |  is | built where the |
   -5     6  -6     6      5  6 r  5     -4   6    -5N   -7   -6      6 --->
| birds used to | play, | Maggie, and | join in | songs that were | sung. |
-> R  6     6   5   -4     4  -4  4     4     -3  4   4 -3    3  4 5 6 -4 5     4 ---
|    For | we sang just | as gay as | they, | Maggie, when | you and I were | young. |
 

-> r 4     -6 -6 6    -5 6   -6     6      5  6  r 5     -4   6     -5N    -7  -6      6
|  They | say I am | feeble with | age, | Maggie, my | steps are | less sprightly 'n then |
 R 6     6   5 -4    4   -4  4      4     -3  4   4-3     3  4  5  6-4  5     4
| my | face is a | well written | page, | Maggie, but | time alone was the | pen. |

    4    3 4  5    6 -4 5     4 ---->
| When | you and | I were | young. |     | 

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