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マギー若き日の歌を(When you and I were young, Maggie)

作詞    George W. Johnson
訳詞    堀  内     敬  三
作曲 James A. Butterfield

1. いにしえの春よマギー 思い出の路よ

   小川には水車マギー 林には小鳥

  紅の花やマギー さみどりの空や

   まぶたにうかぶマギー ありし日のすがた


   年は過ぎ今はマギー 思い出はあせても

   歌おう声低くマギー 若き日の歌を








2. 山かげの町よマギー 思い出の町よ

   安らかな住居(すまい)マギー うるわしい巷(ちまた)

   そよ風は渡りマギー 朝日かざして

   まぶたにうかぶマギー ありし日のすがた


   年は過ぎ今はマギー 思い出はあせても

   歌おう声低くマギー 若き日の歌を



















1.I wandered today to the hill, Maggie,
  To watch the scene below.
  The creek and the rusty old mill, Maggie,
  Where we sat in the long, long ago.
  The green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie,
  Where first the daisies sprung.
  The old rusty mill is still, Maggie,
  Since you and I were young.

	(Refrain)
	And now we are aged and grey, Maggie,
	The trials of life nearly done.
	Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie,
	When you and I were young. 

2.A city so silent and lone, Maggie,
  Where the young and the gay and the best,
  In polished white mansion of stone, Maggie,
  Have each found a place of rest,
  Is built where the birds used to play, Maggie,
  And join in the songs that were sung.
  For we sang just as gay as they, Maggie,
  When you and I were young. 

	(Refrain)
	And now we are aged and grey, Maggie,
	The trials of life nearly done.
	Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie,
	When you and I were young.

3.They say I am feeble with age, Maggie,
  My steps are less sprightly than then.
  My face is a well written page, Maggie,
  But time alone was the pen.
  They say we are aged and grey, Maggie,
  As spray by the white breakers flung.
  But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie,
  When you and I were young.
 
	(Refrain)
	And now we are aged and grey, Maggie,
	The trials of life nearly done.
	Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie,
	When you and I were young. 


 この歌は、1864年、G.W. (George Washington) Johnsonが愛する妻Maggie Clarke(1865年死亡したものと見られている)に捧げた詩に対して、James A. Butterfield (1837-91)が曲を付け、1866年に発表され、20世紀の初め大変人気のあったバラードで、いろいろな歌い手及び演奏家により歌い継がれてきている。 《Encyclopedia of Music in Canada(http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003678)》