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I first heard this from Ralph Stanley, and felt inspired by Ginny Hawker and Jim Miller's harmonies on a Dirk Powell recording. Over time, some of the lyrics have become my own.

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Yonder stands little Maggie
with a dram glass in her hand.
She's drinking away her troubles.
She's courting some other man.

The last time I see little Maggie
She was standing at the banks of the sea
with a forty-four pistol around her
and a banjo on her knee.

I'm going down to the station
with a suitcase in each hand.
Little Maggie, you've been trouble.
I'm leaving fast as I can.

Pretty flowers were made for blooming.
Pretty stars were made to shine.
Little Maggie, I hope I'll love her
and I'll see her all the time.

Lord you know how much I hate it
not to see your true blue eyes.
They shine like diamonds in the moonlight,
like two stars in the sky.

Go away, go away little Maggie.
Go and do the best you can.
You can get you another woman
I can get me another man.

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from The Dead Ice Is Here, released February 19, 2019

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Benjamin Wetherbee Boston, Massachusetts

Old time music, singing, freaky fiddlin', and painting outta New England.

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