Wanda Iguana and Tommy the Toad. They got together and went on the road. And they sang the songs of the heart and the land. And they had a pretty good band.
[Originally called 'The Midland' after a lake steamer called 'The City of. Midland', this song is the true accounting of the final disposal of one of the.
Walkin' in the sunshine, sing a little sunshine song. Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong. Think about a good time had a long time ago.
[There were countless skirmishes on the Great Lakes between ships and boats of. all makes and sizes during the War of 1812-14. "Well", Stan said, "we won the.
Walkin' in the sunshine, sing a little sunshine song. Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong. Think about a good time had a long time ago.
(Stan Rogers). She went down last October in a pouring driving rain.. The skipper, he'd been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain.. Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow,.
[Stan introduced this song on stage, "I don't care what your politics are, when. our children are dying in the streets, it's time to put away the guns." He.
He was born one mornin' it was cold and it was snowin'. And from the start he never had a chance. And though the doctors said he couldn't live his mama had some faith to give.
SCARBOROUGH SETTLER'S LAMENT. Away wi' Canada's muddy creeks. And Canada's fields of pine. Your land of wheat is a goodly land,. But oh, it is not mine.
You've got me, under your spell again. Saying those things again. I gotta take you back just one more time. . I swore the last time that you let me down.
It's a damn tough life, full of toil and strife, we whalermen undergo,. And we won't give a damn when the gale is done how hard the winds did blow,. 'caus we're homeward bound from the Arctic grounds with a good ship taught and free,.
Well it wasn't long ago that my true blue Sally. Said she's gettin' tired of livin' in the valley. Wants to go back to Louisian'. See Big Papa he's a gumbo man.
chorus: Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage. To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;. Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage.
[Research sometimes turns up more than just a lot of information. Bruce Kemp,. a freelance photographer, supplied Stan with a true life story. There really is.
I sit alone at my table. And watch all the others have fun. I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track. Watchin' the mainline run. . I'm tired of havin' no future.
Her head rolls back and forth. Against the billows of her long black shiny hair. As she contemplates the ecstasy. Of some other love that now she wished was there.
[Another unsung hero of Canadian history . . . The texts give a terribly sparse. accounting of this man. He was a Major under Brock, and apparently not a very.
Love has wings and flies through windows. Opening unopened doors. Sending light to darkened corners. Left by loneliness before. . But love is just a word for feelings.
[There is an extensive system of locks along the St. Lawrence Seaway. The. locks have a marvellous history. It's a pity they couldn't speak half the. tales they've been privy to. I guess it probably goes without saying that.
Lady Margaret. Sweet William rose one morning bright. And dressed himself in blue. "Come tell to me the long lost love. Between Lady Margaret and you".