YONDER STANDS LITTLE MAGGIE
(Traditional)


Grayson & Whitter - 1928
Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris & Steve Ledford - 1937
The Stanley Brothers - 1946
The Kingston Trio - 1958
Flatt & Scruggs - 1962
Barry Hall - 1964
Frank Wakefield & The Kentuckians - 1964
Ivor Melton - 1968
Hamish Imlach - 1969
Carl Smith - 1971
Mt. Airy - 1972
Tommy Jarrell - 1974
Iron Mountain String Band - 1981
Darden Smith - 1988
Chris Montgomery - 1990
Bob Dylan - 1992
Dirk Powell - 1999

Also recorded by: 
Doc Watson; Ricky Skaggs; Bill and Betty Price; Los Tentakills;  
Bill Monroe; Sean Hayes; David Grisman; New Lost City Ramblers; 
Lee Monroe Presnell; Mike Seeger & Paul Brown; Steve Kaufman;
Frank Proffitt; Lee Sexton; Tom Paley.........and others.






Over yonder stands little Maggie
With a dram glass in her hand
She's passin' away her troubles
And a-foolin' with another man

Oh, how can I ever stand it
To see those two blue eyes
A-shining like two diamonds
Like two diamonds in the sky

Pretty flowers were made for blooming
Pretty stars were made to shine
Pretty girls were made for to love you
Little Maggie was meant to be mine

Sometimes I have a nickel
And sometimes I have a dime
And sometimes I have ten dollars
Just to pay little Maggie's fine

Go away, go away Little Maggie
Go and do the best you can
I'll get me another woman
You can get you another man

Oh, march me down to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Well, I'm goin' away to leave you
I'll go to some far distant land

Well the last time I seen Little Maggie
She was sittin' by the banks of the sea
Had a forty-five a-lyin' beside her
And a banjo on her knee

I would rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun could never shine
Than to know you’re another man’s darlin'
And no longer a darlin' of mine

Lay down your last gold dollar
Lay down your gold watch and chain
Little Maggie's gonna dance for daddy
Listen to that ol' banjo ring







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2011)