The composer of this famous song from 1866 is James Austin Butterfield, who lived from May 18, 1837 to July 6, 1891. He was an American song writer. Butterfield was born in England in 1837 and emigrated to the United States in 1856. Butterfield died in Chicago, Illinois, and is buried in Graceland Cemetery.<br /><br />Lyrics are by George W. Johnson.<br /><br />I wander'd today to the hill, Maggie<br />To watch the scene below<br />The creek and the old rusty mill, Maggie<br />Where we sat in the long, long ago<br />The green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie<br />Where first the daisies sprung<br />The creaking old mill is still, Maggie<br />Since you and I were young<br /><br />And now we are aged and gray, Maggie<br />And the trials of life nearly done<br />But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie<br />When you and I were young<br /><br />A city so silent and lone, Maggie<br />Where the young and the gay and the best<br />In polished white mansions of stone, Maggie<br />Have each found a place of rest<br />Is built where the birds used to play, Maggie<br />And join in the songs that were sung<br />For we sang as gay as they, Maggie<br />When you and I were young<br /><br />Sound file was done by Cary Ginell<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hernandez Brothers "When You And I Were Young, Maggie" on Victor V-40081 (1928) Hermanos Hernández
