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GUEST,Phil Nuytten Lyr Req: National Hotel (Ian Tyson) (15) Lyrics: National Hotel 15 May 05


Not sure if this is the official title. Some snippets:
'A' verse
          'All the halls are haunted - at the national hotel,
          Screaming and a-dreamin' - down the hallways as well,
          Ev'ry night a'knockin' - comes a'knockin' at my door,
          Callin' out for Shirley - but she don't live here anymore

Scrap: The carpet lives on catsup,an'the light bulb lives on flies,
       The wallpaper pattern lives on anything that it can
       hypnotise . . . .and so on

Any ideas appreciated - no sign of it under 'national hotel' I first heard this in Halifax, Nova Scotia, being done by a group called 'The Tewksbury Transmission' - in th 60's. It was at the Halifax Hotel - which is the old 'National Hotel' ( Canadian National Railways) so maybe it was peculiar to that area - but seemed too polished a piece not to have had wider appeal.
Thanks
PN


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