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GOODBYE, MAGGIE (Charles Monroe) By a cottage in the twilight stood a soldier and a maid. Solemn words were being spoken for his company today. Down her cheeks, the teardrops flowing. Here at last she bid him stay. Sad but firmly comes an answer: "Maggie dear, I'm called away." cho: Goodbye, Maggie. (Goodbye, Maggie.) Goodbye, darlin'. (Oh, my darlin',) I will think (I will think) Of you each day. (of you each day.) It's decreed (It's decreed) That I must leave you. (leave you now) Maggie dear, I'm called away. Next, the tramp of mortal footsteps leading by her cottage door, And a soldier smiling bravely leaves her home he'd see no more. See him wave his hand at parting. Hear him sigh and softly say, "Dry your tears, my little darlin'. Maggie dear, I'm called away." There has been a fearful conflict. Victory has been nobly won, And a youthful soldier's dying ere his life has well begun. "Comrades," he is feebly saying, "I shall never live till day. If you're spared, you'll see my darlin'. Tell her I was called away." Recorded by the Monroe Brothers in 1938, reissued on "Feast Here Tonight" RCA AXM2-5510. Also recorded by the Blue Sky Boys and by the Lilly Brothers. @bluegrass @tearjerker @war filename[ GBYMAGGI PS Feb07  8note Sheet |
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