The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23495   Message #261491
Posted By: Willie-O
20-Jul-00 - 09:04 AM
Thread Name: Origins: I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wayfaring Stranger
Gogi Grant--The Wayward Wind--great stuff, especially for the fifties. (Weird name though) Think I'll sing it tomorrow! AND Wayfaring Stranger. It's hard for me to understand my attachment to this song--I guess I like the dark juicy melody/chords and the stuff about the bloodwashed band--gospel with guts. Also the way the words fit rhythmically into the melody makes it easy to sing with passion. Even for an atheist. I guess it's kind of like not having to be a fisherman or a Newfoundlander to sing "We'll Rant and We'll Roar"....

Willie-O