OK, George Seto dropped a tantalizing hint in another thread, and I'm not going to let him get away with it:

Another similar case is Four Strong Winds, where Bobby Bare wrote a completely different song from hearing Ian Tyson's version on the radio while in his car.

OK, George, so what are the lyrics to the Bobby Bare song?
-Joe Offer-

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Here are the words from the Digital Tradition. I listened to the studio recording and found a few words that were different - I put my corrections in italics. Any other corrections?

FOUR STRONG WINDS
(Ian Tyson)

Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high,
All those things that don't change, come what may.
But our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on.
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.

Guess Think I'll go down out to Alberta, weather's good there in the fall.
Got some friends that I can go to workin' for.
Still I wish you'd change your mind, if I asked you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more.

CHORUS

If I get there before the snow flies, and if things are looking going good.
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare,
But by then it would be winter, not enough there ain't too much for you to do.
And those winds sure do can blow cold way up out there.
CHORUS

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Studio recording by Ian & Sylvia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjfTDPhMdTk

1986 live performance by Ian & Sylvia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3m7ckGhnsc

Neil Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9UjLeLN5A

Ian Tyson Tells The Story Behind 'Four Strong Winds' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJdvv7jB0Tc