EPISODE · May 10, 2026 · 7 MIN

When You and I Were Young, Maggie, Episode 183

from “Growing Up Poor in Irish Boston” If you’re a Roman Catholic, funny and relatively conservative slant, then this is for you. · host Rod Murphy

Send us Fan MailWhen You and I Were Young, Maggie, Episode 183George Washington Johnson of Ontario, Canada wrote this famous ballad in honor of his wife, Margaret, Maggie Clark in 1864. She was suffering from tuberculosis and died soon after they married in 1865. It became globally popular and was "acquired" sort of by the Irish.Support the show

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