Aphy guitar. All three were enjoying the evening immensely.

Before the night was over, the singer sang a beautiful melody called Maggie. No sooner had the song started when the expression on Margurita’s face changed from joy to sorrow. Eileen and Velda looked into their mother’s face. They saw a deep sadness in those blue eyes, a sadness which revealed the deep ache in her heart. The tears flowed freely, as Margurita finally gave herself permission to mourm ... her thoughts raced back to a different time ...a day in summer, when Alphy had first asked her to come and sit with him to listen to the words of “our song”, the sweet melody of Maggie. The memory was now as fresh and clear as it had been that day - “But to me you're as fair as you were Maggie, when you and I were young..

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