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Thread #8428   Message #52405
Posted By: Ralph Butts
06-Jan-99 - 10:34 PM
Thread Name: I wish I'd written that (songs)
Subject: RE: I wish I'd written that.
Any one of these, but there's more. These are some that move me the most when I sing them, and for a songwriter to be able to do that with words alone is remarkable.

IMHO.....Tiger

ANNIE'S GOING TO SING HER SONG - Tom Paxton
THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA - Eric Bogle
CORNFLOWER BLUE - Kate Wolf
DAVID AND ME - Jerry Jeff Walker
DEPORTEE (PLANE WRECK AT LOS GATOS) - Woody Guthrie
FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG - Townes Van Zandt
GENTLE ANNIE - Stephen Foster
INCHES AND MILES - David Mallett
JUST A COUNTRY DREAM - Eric Andersen
LONG, LONG TIME - Gary White
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE - Kris Kristofferson
THE ROSE - Amanda McBroom
SONG FOR THE MIRA - Allister MacGillivray
STREETS OF LONDON - Ralph McTell
TURNING TOWARD THE MORNING - Gordon Bok
URGE FOR GOING - Joni Mitchell
VINCENT - Don McLean
WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON FLOWS - James I. Russell
YOUR LONG JOURNEY - Doc Watson