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Thread #112655   Message #2477374
Posted By: GUEST,Henryp
27-Oct-08 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
Don't Be Denied by Neil Young

When I was a young boy,
My mama said to me
Your daddy's leavin' home today,
I think he's gone to stay.
We packed up all our bags
And drove out to Winnipeg.

When we got to Winnipeg
I checked in to school.
I wore white bucks on my feet,
When I learned the golden rule.
The punches came fast and hard
Lying on my back in the school yard.

On Yonge Street by Gordon Lightfoot

See the people walkin' up and down
See the people movin' all around
On the streets of my hometown on Yonge Street
Longest street in the world they say
Summertime soon slips away
I hope I'll see you one fine day on Yonge Street

Long Long Time to Get Old by Ian Tyson 1969

The eagle's flyin' tomorrow
Mosquito bitin' me today
I ride the bus to Toronto
Highway Two all the way
I take a walk along Yonge Street
Good times are bought and sold
Remember this, children
If the good Lord's willin'
There's a long, long time to get old

Spring Time in Alberta by Ian Tyson

Just like spring time in Alberta
Warm sunny days endless skies of blue
Then without a warning
Another winter storm comes raging through

And the mercury's fallin'
I'm left all alone
Just like spring time in Alberta
Chills me to the bone

Alberta Bound by Paul Brandt

Sign said 40 miles to Canada
My truck tore across Montana
Ian Tyson sang a lonesome lullaby
And so I cranked up the radio
Cause there's just a little more to go
For I'd cross the border at that Sweet Grass sign
I'm Alberta Bound