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Thread #97013   Message #1908892
Posted By: GUEST,Jim
13-Dec-06 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: Definitive Versions
Subject: RE: Definitive Versions
Scrump: I have never heard it, but some friends told me that in the sixties, the Fuggs used to sing "Hey, Hey We're The Fuggs" and it was definitely better than the Monkies' version.

catspaw: I haven't heard Sandy's version of When You & I Were Young Maggie, but it would have to be very good to top Tom Rush's version. This is a song that doesn't have a definitive version in my opinion. I sounds great as a ballad, ala Tom Rush or as a banjo breakdown as many bluegrass bands have done it. I love this verse:

They say we are aged and grey, Maggie,
As spray by the white breakers flung.
To me you're as fair as you were, Maggie,
When you and I were young.