Goodbye Maggie

Artist:  Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby
Album:   Meet Me By The Moonlight
Key:     D



By a cottage in the twilight stood a soldier and a maid
Solemn words were being spoken for his country needed aid
Down her cheeks the teardrops flowing, ere at last she bids him stay
Sad but firmly comes an answer: "Maggie dear, I'm called away."

    Goodbye Maggie (goodbye Maggie), goodbye darling (goodbye darling)
    I will think (I will think) of you each day (of you each day)
    It's decreed (it's decreed) that I must leave you (leave you now)
    Maggie dear, I'm called away

Next the tramp of marching footsteps, leading by her cottage door
And a soldier smiling bravely to the girl he'd see no more
See him wave his hand at parting; hear him sigh and softly say
"Dry your tears, my little darling. Maggie dear, I'm called away."

    Goodbye Maggie (goodbye Maggie), goodbye darling (goodbye darling)
    I will think (I will think) of you each day (of you each day)
    It's decreed (it's decreed) that I must leave you (leave you now)
    Maggie dear, I'm called away

There has been a fearful conflict; victory has been nobly won
And a youthful soldier's dying ere his life has well begun
"Comrade", he is feebly saying, "I shall never live till day.
If you're spared to see my darling, tell her I was called away."

    Goodbye Maggie (goodbye Maggie), goodbye darling (goodbye darling)
    I will think (I will think) of you each day (of you each day)
    It's decreed (it's decreed) that I must leave you (leave you now)
    Maggie dear, I'm called away

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