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Thread #55718   Message #912408
Posted By: Hester
18-Mar-03 - 07:17 AM
Thread Name: Great Lakes Songs/ Windjammers Songbook
Subject: RE: Great Lakes songs
I'd recommend David Francey's song "Banks of the Seaway". A Scots-born Canadian, he sings about rural life in a lovely brogue. This song, he sings a cappella:

BANKS OF THE SEAWAY
A love song to Beth.

I took my love down to Summerstown
On the banks of the Seaway
Where the big ships go by
On the banks of the St. Lawrence River we lie
On the banks of that river so wide

And when we hear the winter turn
In the sound of the blackbirds cry
I'll take my love down to Summerstown…

And when we see the springtime turn
To a cloud in the summer sky
I'll take my love down to Summerstown…

And when we feel the summer turn
On the wind that the leaves will fly
I'll take my love down to Summerstown…

And when we hear the autumn turn
In the northern wind's cold cry
I'll take my love down to Summerstown…

Check out his website. Even the label he's with is called "Laker Music":

David Francey's website

Cheers, Hester