The Monroe Brothers - Goodbye, Maggie (1938) | Текст песни

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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'

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'

Repeat chorus

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'.

Repeat chorus

Recorded by Monroe Brothers 28 January 1938 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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