kw5gh6 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thank you for posting,StAlphege san!Good to my ears. Talented musicians.I(man or woman)is going back to Harlan kentucky where he(or she)was born andspent early days? The 2nd and 3rd paragragh of the lyrics is difficult for me to understand. Is there anyone kindly explain the meaning and situation of this song? Do they have something to do with the coal mining?

robinhood48 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wonderful! Five stars and fav!!!

LeslyGillian (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

A very slightly different version of this song (with Emmylou) is on their album Matapedia.

gonzostew (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Good luck you Saskatchewan boomers, we're the boomers in waiting with our billions of tons of Cape Breton coal lying under our feet and out under the Cabot Srait. Coal = Methane. Woo-Hoo.

dubbedcrazy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

beats me , i got as far as alberta (unless you count overnight at the airport in toronto).....lol sounds like you've heard more maritime music than i have !!would love to see the appalachain mountains in my lifetime...and the oregon coast too(not too far from van. b.c. my home!)lol saskatchewan is our new boomtown province!

walterncool (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

can't remember his name, now, but he may've been from a Cree fiddling tradition that began with the original French contact. I heard a lot of good maritime folk musicians on Canadian radio and TV, but Mooseman, Saskatchewan was as far East as we got.

walterncool (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ah yes, I guess maybe I'd heard that. Yeah I toured western Canada in the late seventies with a little band from Oregon. We started out playing Slave Lake, Alberta. A great fiddler (among other great musicians) came out of the bush and sat in with us several times during our two weeks at the huge tavern there.

dubbedcrazy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

lol......the song was written by anna mcgarrigle...from quebec canada...(one of the sisters in this video.nice appalachain sound though. ever listen to maritime music of canada? ya might like it !awesome fiddlers from east coast canada,cheers

walterncool (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't get the referrence to "canadiana" (sic). Harlan's in Kentucky, the state where my family named itself. The song holds an oceanic scope of tradition. I love these women; they ARE the Good Witches of the Appalachians.

dubbedcrazy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that is a great song....cool canadiana...