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Little Maggie
Composer: Traditional

Little Maggie was played by Jerry Garcia with the Black Mountain Boys in 1964.

Bill Kreutzmann played the song with the Bill Kreutzmann Trio in 2010.

Little Maggie is one of a family of songs, including Darling Cory and The Gambling Man that shares verses and themes. Little Maggie though has a different tune.

The song occurs on recordings as Little Maggie, Little Maggie With A Dram Glass In Her Hand, Little Maggie, She's So Sweet, Lil' Maggie, Yonder Stands Little Maggie and probably other variations.



Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Little Maggie With A Dram Glass In Her Hand / Where Are You Going, Alice?), Grayson And Whitter, 1929
no info Single (Little Maggie With A Dram Glass In Her Hand / On The Banks Of The Old Tennessee), Grayson And Whitter, 1937
no info Single (Little Pal / Little Maggie), Wade Mainer / Zeke Morris / Steve Ledford, 1937
no info Single (Little Maggie / Little Pal), Mainer's Mountaineers, 1939
no info Single (Little Glass Of Wine / Little Maggie), Stanley Brothers, 1948
no info Single (Heartbroken, Lonesome And Blue / Little Maggie), Fairley Holden, 1951
info Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Tom Paley, 1953
info Courtin's A Pleasure and Other Folk Songs From The Southern Appalachians, Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and Tom Paley, 1955
info Banjo Songs of the Southern Mountain, Various Artists (Obray Ramsey), 1955
no info American Banjo Tunes & Songs In Scruggs Style, Various artists (Larry Richardson), 1957
no info Riverside Folk Song Sampler, Various artists (Obray Ramsey), 1957
no info Single (Gotta Travel On / Little Maggie), The Brewster Brothers, 1958
no info The Kingston Trio, The Kingston Trio, 1958
no info The Folk Singers, The Folk Singers, 1958
info Folk Songs From The Blue Grass, Earl Taylor & the Stoney Mountain Boys, 1959
no info Tell the World About This, The Tarriers, 1959
no info Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs, Andy Griffith, 1959
info When I Was A Young Girl, Barbara Dane, 1959
info Folk Festival At Newport, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Barbara Dane), 1959
no info Single (Little Maggie / God Gave You To Me), The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1960
no info Little Rosewood Casket EP, Rusty York, 1960
no info Banjo Jamboree Spectacular, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 1961
info Flatt and Scruggs at Carnegie Hall!, Flatt and Scruggs, 1962
info Bluegrass Ramble, Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1962
info When I Was A Young Girl, Barbara Dane, 1962
no info Louisiana Bluegrass, The Louisiana Honeydrippers, 1962
no info I'm A Stranger Here, Tony Saletan, 1962
info Bluegrass Gentlemen, Bluegrass Gentlemen, 1962
info Twelve Shades Of Bluegrass, Bob Johnson & Lonesome Travellers, 1962
info The Mountain Music Sound Of The Stanley Brothers, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 1962
no info The Country Music Hall of Fame, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 1962
no info New Dimensions in Banjo & Bluegrass, Eric Weissberg & Marshall Brickman, 1963
no info Hard Times, The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1963
no info Fantasias For Guitar And Banjo, Sandy Bull With Billy Higgins, 1963
info bluegrass, Red Allen, Frank Wakefield and the Kentuckians, 1964
info Blue Grass Taylor Made, Earl Taylor & the Stoney Mountain Boys, 1964
info Live! Big Ball in Monterey, The Stonemans, 1964
no info One Step More, Goodtime Singers, 1964
info Virtuoso 5-String Banjo, Barry Hall, 1964
no info Fire On The Mountain, The Stoneman Family, 1964
no info Fractured Folk Songs, Homer & Jethro, 1964
no info The Two Sides Of Benji Aronoff, 1965
no info Way Down Town, Malcolm Price Trio + 1, 1965
no info Clawhammer Banjo: Old Time Banjo And Fiddle Tunes, Various Artists (Fred Cockerham), 1965
no info Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, NC, Vol. II, Various Artists (Tab Ward), 1965
no info Old Time Southern Dance Music: Ballads And Songs, Various Artists (Grayson & Whitter), 1965
info The Best of the Stanley Brothers, The Stanley Brothers, 1966
no info Blue Grass Special, Clarence Jackson, 1966
no info Mama Likes Bluegrass Music, Raymond Fairchild & the Frosty Mountain Boys, 1966
no info 25 Dobro And Steel Guitar Favorites, Clarence Jackson, 1966
no info Big And Country Instrumentals, Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1967
no info Red Smiley and the Blue Grass Cutups, Red Smiley and the Blue Grass Cutups, 1967
no info Blue Grass Favorites, The Log Cabin Boys, 1967
no info Blue Grass Favorites, Earl Taylor & Jim McCall, 1967
no info Dobro And Fiddle, Kenny Haddock & Billy Baker, 1967
no info The Bluegrass Sound Of, Tom & Smiley, 1968
no info The country side of Bonnie and Clyde, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 1968
no info Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Persistence and Change, Various Artists (Ivor Melton), 1968
info Area Code 615, Area Code 615, 1969
no info Ballads Of Booze, Hamish Imlach, 1969
no info EP (Ridin' That Midnight Train / If I Lose / Little Maggie / Rank Stranger), Stanley Brothers, 196?
info Birth Announcement, Danny Cox, 1970
no info Bluegrass, The Southern Ramblers, 1971
no info When You And I Were Young, Howard Wallace, 1971
no info Single (Don't be ashamed / Maggie), Jimmie Skinner, 1971
no info The Best of Bluegrass, Smiley Bates / Rose Poirier / Eddy Poirier, 1972
no info The Scruggs Brothers, Gary & Randy Scruggs, 1972
no info Ledford String Band, Ledford String Band, 1972
no info Profile, Don Reno with Red Smiley, 1972
no info Play requests, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1972
no info Single (How Far To Little Rock / Little Maggie), Stanley Brothers, 1973
no info Dueling Banjos: From The Original Soundtrack of Deliverance, Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel, 1973
no info Banjo Bounce, Pete Stanley & Roger Knowles, 1973
no info Barefoot Jerry, Barefoot Jerry, 1973
no info Bluegrass ... Virginia Style, Jim Orange & the Orange Blossoms, 1973
no info All Round Entertainer, Sampler Vol. 2, Hamish Imlach, 1973
no info Bluegrass Banjo, Country Cooking, 1974
no info The Essential Sandy Bull, 1974
info Memories, Doc Watson, 1975
no info Larry Groce & the Currence Brothers, Larry Groce & the Currence Brothers, 1975
info Mr. Poverty, Larry Rice, 1975
no info Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party, The New River Boys, 1975
no info Barefoot Jerry's Grocery, Barefoot Jerry, 1975
info Doc and the Boys, Doc Watson, 1976
no info Cuttin' The Grass, The Stonemans, 1976
no info Rollin', Lester Flatt, 1976
no info Goin' to the Grand Ole Opry, Stringbean, 1976
info The Great Canadian Tragedy, The Orton Yahoos, 1977
no info Goodbye Booze, Alex Campbell, 1977
no info 16 Greatest Hits, The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1977
info Goin' Down the Valley: Vocal and Instrumental Music From the South, Various Artists (Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, and Steve Ledford), 1977
info 20 Years: Concert Performances, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1978
no info 20 Bluegrass Originals, The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1978
no info Bar Room Daze, The Humber River Valley Boys, 1978
no info Me 'N Ole Pete, Jimmy Martin, 1978
no info Smoky Mountain Smoke, The Smoky Mountain Travelers, 1978
info Same Old Blues, Josh Graves, 1979
no info First Deal, Shady Grove String Band, 1979
no info Take 3, Lower Forty Grass, 1979
no info Fiddle Classics Volume I, Billy Baker, 1979
info Early Dawg, David Grisman, 1980
info Bean Blossom '79, Bill Monroe, 1980
no info Live At The Mountain, Bristol Mountain Bluegrass, 1980
info Times, Marty Harmless With High Ground, 1980
no info First Big Deal: Bluegrass, The Short Crick Flatpickers, 1981
no info Banjo, Smiley Bates & Eddie Poirier, 1981
no info The Greenbriar Years, Joe Isaacs, 1981
no info The Watson Family Tradition, The Watson Family, 1981
info Stanley Series, Vol. 1 #1, Stanley Brothers, 1982
no info The Duffy Brothers, The Duffy Brothers, 1982
no info Strikin' It Rich, Gold Rush, 1982
no info Early Duet Stylings, The Bailey Brothers, 1982
info Bluegrass With Family And Friends, Tom Morgan, 1983
info Starday Sessions, Stanley Brothers, 1984
no info Shakin' Down the Acorns, Vol. 2, Tony Elman, 1984
info California Bound, Phil Salazar Band, 1984
no info Traditional Bluegrass, The Kentucky Cut-Ups, 1984
no info Early Classics Volume 1, Grayson and Whitter, 1984
no info Big Jam Session, Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1985
no info Blue Grass Classics, Harold Morrison & the Maple Hill Boys, 1985
no info Live in Holland. Vol. 1, Various Artists (Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals), 1985
info O Love Is Teasin' (Anglo-American Mountain Balladry), Various Artists (Tom Paley), 1985
info Stanley Series, Vol. 2 #3, Stanley Brothers, 1986
no info Idle Time, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, 1986
no info Native Soil, Darden Smith, 1986
info Stanley Series, Vol. 3 #1, Stanley Brothers, 1987
no info 16 Greatest Hits, The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1987
no info Nashville Bluegrass Band, Nashville Bluegrass Band, 1987
no info Darden Smith, Darden Smith, 1988
no info Single (Little Maggie / Place In Time), Darden Smith, 1988
no info Beam Me Up Charlie, Charlie McCoy, 1989
no info Ben and Jerry's Newport Folk Festival '88 Live, Various Artists (Nashville Bluegrass Band), 1989
info Classic Bluegrass, Ralph Stanley, 1990
no info Right Hand Man, Tom Adams, 1990
no info Corn River, Blood Oranges, 1990
info American Banjo: Three Finger and Scruggs Style, Various Artists (Larry Richardson), 1990
info Bluegrass 1959-1969, Bill Monroe, 1991
info Bluegrass Reunion, Red Allen, David Grisman, Herb Petersen, Jim Buchanan and Jim Kerwin, 1992
info 1959-1963, Flatt and Scruggs, 1992
info Good As I Been to You, Bob Dylan, 1992
info The Kingston Trio, The Kingston Trio, 1992 (Capitol)
no info 50 Years of Bluegrass Hits, Various Artists (Josh Graves), 1992
no info Looking Back, Jerusalem Ridge, 1993
info Acoustic Disc 100% Handmade Music, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Bluegrass Reunion), 1993
info Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961, The Stanley Brothers, 1994
info Clinch Mountain Bluegrass, Stanley Brothers, 1994
info 1971-1973, Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys, 1995
info Bluegrass 1970-1979, Bill Monroe, 1995
no info Arkansas Traveler, Steve Kaufman, 1995
info The Capitol Years, The Kingston Trio, 1995
info Way Down in North Carolina, Mike Seeger and Paul Brown, 1996
info The Guard Years, The Kingston Trio, 1997
info Live in Japan, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1997
no info Earliest Recordings: Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s, 1947-1952, Stanley Brothers, 1997
info Bluegrass Rules!, Ricky Skaggs, 1997
no info 20 Bluegrass Favorites, Earl Taylor & Jim McCall, 1997
no info The Definitive Transatlantic Collection, Hamish Imlach, 1997
no info The Best Of Emerson & Waldron, 1997
info Anthology Of American Folk Songs, Barbara Dane, 1997 (and other dates)
info The Rose Grew Round the Briar, Vol. 1: Early American Rural Love Songs, Various Artists (Grayson & Whitter), 1997
info Flatt and Scruggs at Carnegie Hall!: Complete Concert, Flatt and Scruggs, 1998
no info The Cat Came Back, Bill Harrell & the Virginians, 1998
no info Town And Country One Hundred Percent Live, Redheaded Stepchild, 1998
no info The Best Of The Best Of The Stanley Brothers: Vintage Bluegrass, Stanley Brothers, 1998
info Down the Road, Laura Boosinger, 1998
no info Home Sweet Home, Doc & Merle Watson, 1998
no info Profile, Don Reno, 1998
no info Home Far Away, Jackstraw, 2002
info Hand Me Down, Dirk Powell, 1999
info Legacy of Tommy Jarrell, Vol. 2: Rainbow Sign, Tommy Jarrell, 1999
info Legacy of Tommy Jarrell, Vol. 3: Come and Go with Me, Tommy Jarrell, 1999
no info More Songs About Buildings And Cows, The Meat Purveyors, 1999
no info Street Bluegrass, Royer's One Man Band, 1999
no info Re-Inventions: Best Of The Vanguard Years, Sandy Bull, 1999
no info Standing Room Only, James Alan Shelton, 1999
info First Time Live: A Long Time Ago, The Dillards, 1999
no info Carolina Scrapbook, Krüger Brothers, 1999
info Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics, Various Artists (Ralph Stanley & Clinch Mountain Boys), 1999
info Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: 1928-1929, Grayson & Whitter / Robinette & Moore, 2000
info Live At The Oasis 2, Rollin' In The Hay, 2000
info Blind Dog Thumpin' on the Porch, The Homegrown String Band, 2000
no info A Thousand Miles or More, Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton, 2000
no info Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still: The Warner Collection Volume I, Various Artists (Frank Profitt), 2000
info Time-Life's Treasury of Bluegrass (30 tracks), Various Artists (Ralph Stanley), 2000
info Route 50: Vanguard Records 50th Anniversary Sampler, Various Artists (Sandy Bull), 2000
info 24 Bluegrass Favorites: Vintage 60's, Various Artists (Frosty Mountain Boys), 2000
no info Deliverance: Music From The Motion Picture, Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel, 2001
no info Life Of Riley, Riley Baugus, 2001
no info Bluegrass And Gospel Favorites, Alvin Breeden & the Virginia Cutups, 2001
no info Early Bluegrass, Rusty York & the Kentucky Mountain Boys, 2001
no info Breakdowns And Fidde Tunes For Banjo, Eric Gloaguen, 2001
info American Roots Music, Various Artists (Ralph Stanley), 2001
info The Folkways Years, 1964-1983, Red Allen, 2001
info Reggaebilly, Peter Rowan, 2001
info 40 Years of Concert Performances, New Lost City Ramblers, 2001
info The Kingston Trio, The Kingston Trio, 2001 (Collector's Choice)
info Too Late to Cry, The Stanley Brothers, 2001
info Bluegrass Bonanza, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2001
no info Live 25th Anniversary Celebration, Southern Star Bluegrass, 2002
info The Very Best of Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley, 2002
no info Songs of a Free Born Man, Jimmy Martin, 2002
no info Family Tradition: The Stoneman Legacy, The Stonemans, 2002
no info All-Time Greatest Hits, The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 2002
no info Too Hot To ..., The Japanese Bluegrass Band, 2002
no info Of My Native Land, Clothesline Revival, 2002
no info Broken Hearts Of Bluegrass, Various Artists (Stonemans), 2002
info Vanguard: Roots of Folk, Various Artists (Sandy Bull), 2002
info Time-Life's Treasury of Bluegrass (24 tracks), Various Artists (Ralph Stanley), 2002
info Doc and the Boys/Live and Pickin', Doc Watson, 2003
info The Complete Mercury Recordings, The Stanley Brothers, 2003
info Some Old Lonesome Day, Lauren Sheehan, 2003
no info Alabama Chicken, Sean Hayes, 2003
info An Untamed Sense of Control, Roscoe Holcomb, 2003
info Mo' Joe, Joe Craven, 2003
no info Bluegrass: Nashville's Superpickers, The Little Grasscals, 2003
no info 100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits, Various Artists (Josh Graves), 2003
info Blue Grass Roots, Various Artists (Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys), 2003
no info Going Back to Old Kentucky: A Bluegrass Anthology, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2003
info Essential Bluegrass, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs), 2003
info Smokey Mountain Bluegrass: 24 Traditional Favorites, Various Artists (Red Smiley), 2003
info Live And In Person, Comet Bluegrass All-Stars, 2004
no info Uncle Charlie Higgins, Wade Ward & Dale Poe, 2004
info Live at the Ragged Edge, Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland, 2004
no info Back In Time With Family And Friends, The Locust Mountain Boys, 2004
no info Fred Cockerham, Fred Cockerham, 2004
no info These Are, The Cana Ramblers, 2004
no info Great Picking Tunes For Banjo, Alan Munde, 2004
no info Second Avenue, Lisa Moscatiello, 2004
info All-Star Bluegrass Celebration, Various Artists (All-star jam), 2004
info Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music, Various Artists (Bluegrass Reunion), 2004
info The Rose and the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in American Ballads, Various Artists (Snakefarm), 2004
no info Plum Pitiful: 20 Sad and Tragic Bluegrass Songs, Various Artists (Don Reno), 2004
info Clouds Over Carolina, Larry Rice, 2005
no info Live at Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia, 1969, Ralph Stanley, 2005
no info Liquid Mule, 23 North, 2005
no info Live, Vol. 2, Grateful Dudes, 2005
no info Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs, Cedar Hill, 2005
no info Central Texas Bluegrass! Volume 2, Various Artists (Eddie Collins), 2005
info Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Larry Richardson), 2005
info Bluegrass Hits: Twenty Timeless Favorites from Yesterday and Today, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs), 2005
info Only Home I've Had, Eric Lewis/Andy Ratliff, 2006
no info Spirit On The Prowl, Emily Singleton, 2006
no info Ojo, Darden Smith, 2006
no info Kilby Snow, Kilby Snow, 2006
no info Live in Vermont, Kent Gustavson with Micah Schonberg, 2006
info True Bluegrass Essentials, Various Artists (Ralph Stanley), 2006
info Appalachian Stomp Down, Various Artists (Grayson & Whitter), 2006
info Sound Traditions: The Best of Bluegrass, Various Artists (Earl Taylor & Jim McCall), 2006
info Somebody Loves You Darlin', Dick Kimmel & Jerilyn Kjellberg, 2007
no info Wade Ward: Banjo & Fiddle, Wade Ward, 2007
no info 9 Lives And More, The Grass Cats, 2007
no info Vanguard Visionaries, Sandy Bull, 2007
no info Live, Barefoot Jerry, 2007
no info 12 Memories From Jimmy Martin To Us, Jimmy Martin, 2007
info The Definitive Collection 1947-1966, The Stanley Brothers, 2007
no info The Old Apple Tree, Molly & Jack Tuttle, 2007
info Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Ralph Stanley), 2007
info Bluegrass in the Smokies, Various Artists (Red Smiley), 2007
no info The Ghost Of Carney Branch, The Missouri Boat Ride, 2008
no info One Fret Makes A Difference, Urban Monroes, 2008
no info Fambilly Hour, Mountain Sprout, 2008
no info Lonely Town, The Baird Sisters, 2008
no info Anderson Family Bluegrass, Anderson Family Bluegrass, 2008
info Twice Upon a Time, The Kingston Trio, 2008
no info Obray Ramsey & Byard Ray, Obray Ramsey & Byard Ray, 2009
no info Solo: Songs My Dad Loved, Ricky Skaggs, 2009
no info Out On A Spree, Pert' Near Sandstone, 2009
no info A Tribute To My Dad, Jimmy Martin, Jr., 2009
no info Tommy Jarrell Volume 2, Tommy Jarrell, 2009
no info Truman's Ridge Is Tru-Blue, Truman's Ridge, 2009
no info Good Evening, Folks We're, The Pine Box Boys, 2009
info 22nd Welcome Home Jams, MerleFest April 24, 2009, Various Artists, 2009
info 10/24/10, Portland, ME, Yonder Mountain String Band, 2010
no info Let's Kick It, Ross Nickerson, 2011
no info Mountain Shout, Red Tail Ring, 2011
info Live Noise July 31, 2011, Portland, Bruce Hornsby, 2011
info Live Noise August 26, 2011, Windsor, Bruce Hornsby, 2011
no info My Halo at Half-Light, Snakefarm, 2011
no info Fiddle And Banjo, Blueridge Mountain Bluegrass Band, 2012
info Cluck Ol' Hen, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, 2013
no info The Complete Album Collection Vol. One, Bob Dylan, 2013
no info Doctor's Orders:A Tribute To Ralph Stanley, Don Rigsby, 2013
no info Swan Ridge: The Best Of Eldon Davis: Dobro, Eldon Davis, 2013
no info Grass Clippings, Jacob Underwood, 2013
no info Walk Along John, John Reischman, 2013
info 2/18/13, Crystal Bay Club, Crystal Bay, NV, Leftover Salmon, 2013
info 8/31/13, Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO, Leftover Salmon, 2013
no info My Life And Legacy: The Very Best Of, Ralph Stanley, 2014
no info Appaloosa Daydream, Urban Monroes, 2014
no info Lullaby And ... The Ceaseless Roar, Robert Plant, 2014
no info Baptisia, Jackie McDowell, 2014
no info Fiddle Tune X, Billy Strings & Don Julin, 2015
no info Five Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles , Bill Monroe, 2015
no info 1958-1963, Bill Emerson & the West Virginia Mountaineers, 2015
no info 30 Appalachian Bluegrass Classics, Various Artists (Frosty Mountain Boys), 2015
info 9/16/16, Park Street Saloon, Columbus, OH, Leftover Salmon, 2016
info Greneville, Gildas Arzel, 2016
no info Songfarmer, Michael Johnathon, 2016
no info Snowy Side Of The Mountain, The Goodbye Girls, 2016
no info When Cecil Left the Mountains: Historic recordings of Appalachian singers and musicians 1927-1955, Various Artists (Sugarloaf Sheltons), 2017
no info Paul Brown, Paul Brown, 2018
no info MoonFire: The Banjo Album, Michael Johnathon, 2018
no info Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame, The Earls Of Leicester, 2018
no info The Thousand Incarnations Of The Rose: American Primitive Guitar & Banjo 1963-1974, Various Artists (Sandy Bull), 2018
no info Way Out West 1977, Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys, 2019
no info Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2, Iron Horse, 2020
no info 30 Years Under The Big Top, Leftover Salmon, 2020
info Live at the Great American Music Hall, Bluegrass Reunion, 2021
no info Life's Work: A Retrospective, Doc Watson, 2021
info Early Dawg: Deluxe Edition, David Grisman, 2022

 
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