When You and I Were Young, Maggie (MIning Parody)

DESCRIPTION: "I wandered today up The Hill, Maggie, I applied for a rustling card... But the job it was too damned hard." The singer works in a mine full of gas; he is hit by rock, his hair is turning green; he suspects "you'll soon want your maiden name back."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Western Folklore 9)
KEYWORDS: mining hardtimes marriage derivative
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 150-151, "I Wandered Today Up the Hill, Maggie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 564, "When You and I Were Young, Maggie (Parody)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "When You And I Were Young, Maggie" (tune)
File: CASF564A

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