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George Washington Johnson (poet)

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Grave of poet, George Washington Johnson, and his third wife, Caroline Fox, in the Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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]

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  1. ^ "George Washington Johnson 1839-1917".
  2. ^ ""WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG, MAGGIE"".
  3. ^ "Ballad of Maggie Clark goes on". 17 August 2017.
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