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Thread #2884   Message #1790081
Posted By: Jim Dixon
22-Jul-06 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Saunders Ferry Lane (Tooley/Whitehead)
Subject: RE: Saunders fairy lane
I think the song was wanted is called SAUNDERS FERRY LANE (note spelling). Allmusic.com says it was written by "Tooley/Whitehead" and recorded by Sammi Smith. It appears on 2 of her albums: "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (1976), and The Best of Sammi Smith (1973). This page says it's also on "Sammi with a Bullet."

From a sound sample at Allmusic.com:

The creakin' boards of the empty dock are the only sounds I hear.
The sign on the catfish stand says, "Closed till spring."
Summer drowned in the frozen lake as winter came alive,
And nothin' moves....