What are the lyrics to Down from Canada by Patti Casey?

Answer 1

I come down from Canada

Come down hard on the wrong side of the law

But I was young, never hurt no one

Found my way, kept my face to the sun

Down from Canada

One old man, well he treat me kind

The old man had a heart of yellow pine

We never know no easy, never got no where

Just the end of a saw

and the cry of a logger's prayer

To get home tonight

Some man tried to take our land

In a suit of silk and and soft uncalloused hand

But the old man laughed and he turned away

Said "the clay you stand on

Is where I'll sleep some day

But it ain't today"

Then come the day when the snow come down

The river cold and the ice froze all around

And it ain't no good. Damn fool goes anyway

A grave in the woods, me and the horse just walk away

And the horse don't cry

Now the horse and me are going into town

Let the fire die low and the ice melt all around

We're gonna know some easy

We're gonna kick our heels

At the Sutton Tavern where the fiddle squeals

And the horse don't dance

I come down from Canada

Come down hard on the wrong side of the law

But I was young, never hurt no one

Found my way, kept my face to the sun

Down from Canada

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