Jump to content

George Washington Johnson (poet)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tomb of George W. Johnson in Hamilton Cemetery, buried with his third wife Nellie Johnson

George Washington Johnson (1839, Binbrook, Upper Canada – 1917, Pasadena, California) was a Canadian schoolteacher and poet best known for writing the song “When You and I Were Young, Maggie,” dedicated to his first wife Maggie Clark.[1][2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "George Washington Johnson 1839-1917".
  2. ^ ""WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG, MAGGIE"".
  3. ^ "Ballad of Maggie Clark goes on". 17 August 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Washington_Johnson_(poet)&oldid=1239748820"