When you and I were young, Maggie!

A popular "country" song
George W. Johnson, a school teacher, wrote the lyrics to this song in 1864 as a poem for Maggie Clark, his young wife of 23 who was dying of Tuberculosis. She died in 1865 before she could hear the words put to music by J.A.Butterfield in 1866. This was an extremely popular song up through the 1920's.

I wandered today to the hill, Maggie,
To watch the scene below -
The creek and the creaking old mill, Maggie,
As we used to, 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 agèd 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...
Kind regards, Reny

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Spelling Differences

Dear friends,
We'd like to share some English words which are different into American. It's the difference between British English and American English. Hope that this exercise will be useful for our young learners.
Kind regards, Bulgarian Team