Gordon Lightfoot
Born
in Orillia, Ontario, Canada
November 17, 1938
Died
May 01, 2023
Genre
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Canadian Railroad Trilogy
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8 editions
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published
2010
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I wish you good spaces: Poetic selections from the songs of Gordon Lightfoot
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4 editions
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published
1977
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Gordon Lightfoot: Gord's Gold
2 editions
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published
1976
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Gordon Lightfoot -- Deluxe Anthology: Voice/Piano/Guitar
3 editions
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published
1989
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The Pony Man
2 editions
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published
1972
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Gordon Lightfoot Anthology Volume 1
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The New Best of Gordon Lightfoot for Guitar: Easy TAB Deluxe
5 editions
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published
1983
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Songbook
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published
1978
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100 Ideas for Drama
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Sundown
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“The Way I Feel"
The way I feel is like a robin
whose babes have flown to come no more
like a tall oak tree alone and cryin'
when the birds have flown and the nest is bare
Now a woman Lord is like a young bird
and the tall oak tree is a young man's heart
among his boughs you'll find her nesting
when the nights are cool she's warm and dry
Your coat of green it will protect her
her wings will grow your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
will cease to hold her and she'll fly from you
Now the way I feel is like a robin
whose babes have flown to come no more
like a tall oak tree alone and cryin'
when the birds have flown and the nest is bare
when the birds have flown and the nest is bare
Gordon Lightfoot, Lightfoot (1966)”
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The way I feel is like a robin
whose babes have flown to come no more
like a tall oak tree alone and cryin'
when the birds have flown and the nest is bare
Now a woman Lord is like a young bird
and the tall oak tree is a young man's heart
among his boughs you'll find her nesting
when the nights are cool she's warm and dry
Your coat of green it will protect her
her wings will grow your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
will cease to hold her and she'll fly from you
Now the way I feel is like a robin
whose babes have flown to come no more
like a tall oak tree alone and cryin'
when the birds have flown and the nest is bare
when the birds have flown and the nest is bare
Gordon Lightfoot, Lightfoot (1966)”
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