Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
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////¦////¦// //¦/// (I wandered...)
Alternative Intro:
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// // ¦/ / / (I wandered...)
Verse 1
I wandered today to the hill, Maggie
To watch the scene below
The creek and the creaking 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 creaking old mill is still, Maggie
Since you and I were young. // ¦///
Chorus
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. // ¦///
Verse 2
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 just as gay as they, Maggie
When you and I were young. // ¦///
Chorus
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. // ¦///
Verse 3
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. // ¦///
Chorus
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. ¦ // / & /
*Words which vary from original poem:
1 Where the young, the gay and the best
1 Have each found a palace of rest
2 My face is a full written page, Maggie
3 But Times alone was the pen
4 Our heads they say are as gray, Maggie
5 As the spray by the white breakers flung