My 19-year-old son came in tonight and said a quick Hi Dad…he then muttered: “I Can’t Let Maggie Go… Honeybus.” I, of course, asked him what the hell he was talking about. He told me it was a song by a band named Honeybus (I thought it was a new band) and to listen to it because he couldn’t get it out of his head. I didn’t ask him where he heard this song but it stuck with me …late 60s light pop.
The band formed in London in 1967. After hitting with this song they were on the front page of music magazines Disc and Music Echo. The song peaked at #8 in the UK in 1968…but this would be their only hit.
I Can’t Let Maggie Go
She makes me laugh, she makes me cry, with a twinkle of her eye
She flies like a bird in the sky
She flies like a bird and I wish that she was mine
She flies like a bird, oh me, oh my
I see her sigh
Now I know, I can’t let Maggie go
We walk here and we walk there
People stop and people stare
‘Cause she flies like a bird in the sky
She flies like a bird and I wish that she was mine
She flies like a bird, oh me, oh my
I see her sigh
Now I know, I can’t let Maggie go
She flies like a bird in the sky
She flies like a bird and I wish that she was mine
She flies like a bird, oh me, oh my
I see her sigh
Now I know, I can’t let Maggie go
Oh yes, she flies like a bird in the sky
She flies like a bird and I wish that she
was mine (Oh yes, I wish that she was mine)
She flies like a bird, oh me, oh my
I see her sigh
Now I know, I can’t let Maggie go
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