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Thread #76086 Message #1344213
Posted By: Joybell
01-Dec-04 - 07:27 AM
Thread Name: What a Friend We Have in Maggie?
Subject: What a Friend We Have in Maggie?
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. ConĀverse 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