Has anyone noticed how similar "What a Friend We have in Jesus" (the most usual tune) and "When You and I Were Young Maggie" are?

The "Maggie" tune was written in 1866 by J. C. Butterfield two years before Charles C. Con­verse wrote the tune "Erie" which is the one we usually associate with "What a Friend etc." Erie was the town in
Pennsylvania where Converse worked.

We tried singing the two songs together and they make a rather nice duet. They deviate a little in the middle part but come together again at the end bit.

....All songs will sound the same when they call out your name
In that small town talent quest up in the sky. - Mike O'Rourke

Joy