John Prine & Ian Tyson - Lyrics
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John Prine - title Sam Stone
Second verse:
Sam Stone's welcome home didn't last too long
He went to work when he spent his last dime
And Sammy got to stealing when he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
[I need the rest of this verse]
Ian Tyson - title Four Strong Winds
Second verse:
If I get there before the snow flies
And if things are going good
Would you meet me if I sent you down the fare
[I need the rest of this verse}
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Arnie
Georgethe4
>Sam Stone
>Second verse:
>Sam Stone's welcome home didn't last too long
>He went to work when he spent his last dime
>And Sammy got to stealing when he got that empty feeling
>For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
>[I need the rest of this verse]
But the gold rushed through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains
Gave him comfort in the hours that he chose
While the kids ran around wearin' other people's clothes.
Can't help you with the other one. Never even heard of Ian Tyson. Anything
after the sixties is a bad bet with me. (Of course even the sixties themselves
are a little blurry. :-)
Cool, cool
George IV
Valerie L. Magee
the 60s. In fact, probably more people are familiar with his work from the 60s
than from after that (he is still writing and recording today). In the 60s, he
performed with his then wife Sylvia, as Ian and Sylvia. Four Strong Winds is one
of Tyson's most well known and beautiful songs. Their recordings of Gordon
Lightfoot's Early Mornin' Rain and For Lovin' Me (on their album Early Mornin'
Rain) were instrumental in getting Lightfoot recognized as a songwriter. Lightfoot
returned the compliment on his 1998 album - A Painter Passing Through - when he
recorded Tyson's Red Velvet. These lyrics are from Mudcat Cafe at:
http://www.mudcat.org/folksearch.html
FOUR STRONG WINDS
(Ian Tyson)
Copyright 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 I'll go down 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 good.
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare,
But by then it would be winter, not enough for you to do.
And those winds sure do blow cold way up there.
CHORUS
Georgethe4 wrote:
> Can't help you with the other one. Never even heard of Ian Tyson. Anything
> after the sixties is a bad bet with me. (Of course even the sixties themselves
> are a little blurry. :-)
> Cool, cool
> George IV
Ian Tyson - title Four Strong Winds
Second verse:
If I get there before the snow flies
And if things are going good
Would you meet me if I sent you down the fare
[I need the rest of this verse}
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Arnie
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Wayne Garvin
>I need partial lyrics as follows:
>Ian Tyson - title Four Strong Winds
>Second verse:
>If I get there before the snow flies
>And if things are going good
>Would you meet me if I sent you down the fare
>[I need the rest of this verse}
Four Strong Winds
- words and music by Ian Tyson (written in 1963)
- as recorded by Ian & Sylvia on the 1964 album "Four Strong Winds"
(Vanguard VSD 2149)
- single reached #9 on the CHUM Chart (Toronto, Canada) in October 1963
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 movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
Think I'll go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
I 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
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 movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
If I get there before the snow flies
And if things are goin' good
You could meet me if I send you down the fare
But by then it would be winter
There ain't too much for you to do
And those winds sure can blow cold way out there
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 movin' on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
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Wayne Garvin
wrote:
>Georgethe4 wrote:
>
>> Can't help you with the other one. Never even heard of Ian Tyson. Anything
>> after the sixties is a bad bet with me. (Of course even the sixties themselves
>> are a little blurry. :-)
>> Cool, cool
>> George IV
>
>George, to have NOT heard of Ian Tyson is unfortunate
Very true, but understandable if George is American. Ian & Sylvia only had
one charted single in the U.S.A., "Lovin' Sound", and it only reached #101
on the Billboard chart in 1967. Of course, they did much better here in
Canada where "Four Strong Winds" reached #9 on the CHUM Chart (Toronto) in
October 1963 and "Lovin' Sound" went to #15 in April 1967. They also had a
hit with "You Were On My Mind" (written by Sylvia) which reached #33 on the
CHUM Chart in April 1964. George may be more familiar with the 1965 cover by
We Five or the 1967 cover by Crispian St. Peters, both of which made the
Billboard Top 40.
Three cover versions of "Four Strong Winds" charted on Billboard; The
Brothers Four in 1963 (#114), Bobby Bare in 1964 (#60) and Neil Young in
1979 (#61). Bobby Bare's version went to #4 on the CHUM Chart in January
1965 -- higher than the Ian & Sylvia original. Another Ian & Sylvia song
written by Ian Tyson, "Some Day Soon", was a #55 Billboard hit for Judy
Collins in 1969.
>Four Strong Winds is one of Tyson's most well known and beautiful songs.
And he says he made enough money from that one song to buy a ranch.
Georgethe4
>>>Never even heard of Ian Tyson. Anything
>>> after the sixties is a bad bet with me. (Of course even the sixties
>>>themselves are a little blurry. :-)
>>> Cool, cool
>>> George IV
>>George, to have NOT heard of Ian Tyson is unfortunate
>Very true, but understandable if George is American. Ian & Sylvia only had
>one charted single in the U.S.A., "Lovin' Sound", and it only reached #101
>on the Billboard chart in 1967.
"I don't have to speak, (s)he defends me..."
Actually, I have heard of Ian and Sylvia, just am unfamiliar with Ian Tyson as
a solo performer. Not that I could have named any Ian and Sylvia songs before
reading this thread, but the name rings a bell, unlike Tyson alone.
Cool, cool
George IV
bobp...@earthlink.net
(formerly of The Limelighters). I wish I still had his rendition of
it, but it got lost in a move. I didn't hear the Ian and Sylvia
version until many years later. I still prefer Glenn's version.
Regards
Bob
Georgethe4
> This song was also sung in the sixties by Glenn Yarborough
What ever happened to this guy anyway? He also did a great job on "Baby the
Rain Must Fall". What a voice!
Cool, cool
George IV
bobp...@earthlink.net
several CD's of his music. He does some duets with his daughter.
There are many songs he did that i would dearly like to have.
Unfortunately he doesn't seem to like the old stuff. On one live
recording a member of the audience asked for an old tune, and Glenn
basically told him he didn't want to do the old stuff, he was more
interested in doing new stuff. Too bad for people like you and me who
want to hear the old stuff too.
Bob
Pamela Beasley
>
> On Mon, 10 May 1999 14:52:03 GMT "Valerie L. Magee" <vlm...@mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Georgethe4 wrote:
> >
> >> after the sixties is a bad bet with me. (Of course even the sixties themselves
> >> are a little blurry. :-)
> >> Cool, cool
> >> George IV
> >
> >George, to have NOT heard of Ian Tyson is unfortunate
> Very true, but understandable if George is American. Ian & Sylvia only had
> one charted single in the U.S.A., "Lovin' Sound", and it only reached #101
> Canada where "Four Strong Winds" reached #9 on the CHUM Chart (Toronto) in
> October 1963 and "Lovin' Sound" went to #15 in April 1967. They also had a
> hit with "You Were On My Mind" (written by Sylvia) which reached #33 on the
> CHUM Chart in April 1964. George may be more familiar with the 1965 cover by
> We Five or the 1967 cover by Crispian St. Peters, both of which made the
> Billboard Top 40.
>
> Three cover versions of "Four Strong Winds" charted on Billboard; The
> Brothers Four in 1963 (#114), Bobby Bare in 1964 (#60) and Neil Young in
> 1979 (#61). Bobby Bare's version went to #4 on the CHUM Chart in January
> 1965 -- higher than the Ian & Sylvia original. Another Ian & Sylvia song
> written by Ian Tyson, "Some Day Soon", was a #55 Billboard hit for Judy
> Collins in 1969.
>
> >Four Strong Winds is one of Tyson's most well known and beautiful songs.
> And he says he made enough money from that one song to buy a ranch.
>
Speaking of not knowing Ian Tyson, would you believe some folks at RCA
don't know him, either. Last fall, RCA issued a CD called Forever,
John, which featured songs recorded over the years (but not previously
released) by John Denver. One of the tracks was "Four Strong Winds".
Where the writing credit should have been it said Unknown!!!
Pam