Crows are flying baby and
I'm tired of the cold
Crows are flying baby and
I'm tired of the cold
So honey come and help me build this totem pole
The lantern in the window
beamed me right to you
The lantern in the window
beamed me right to you
So honey come and help me
And I'll try and help you too
My hearts been hanging up too long
My soul is wearing thin
My hearts been hanging up so long
My soul is wearing thin
So honey come and help me build a house
to put it in
So honey come and help me build this totem pole.
Editors Note:
19 September 2003 -
These two recordings [It's An Elephants's World] may be the earliest known live recordings from a then very young Bruce Cockburn. They were recorded at the Bitter Grounds Coffee House
in Kingston Ontario on January 23, 1970. Brucešs first album simply titled Bruce Cockburn had been recorded but not yet released. It was to come out a few months later in April of that same year.
Bruce was already doing many of the songs which were to appear on 'High Winds White Sky', his second LP,
during his live shows. An also very young aspiring recording engineer
Doug McClement approached Bruce with the idea of recording his show. Doug was
still in high school at the time. Bruce said yes. The recording was done
directly to a cassette player using just one microphone. Although the
recording is very rudimentary it captures Bruce at the very beginning of his solo
career and shows the beginning of his now legendary style.
These two songs had been thought to be lost but when Doug heard we were doing a series of
reissues he went back to his archives and discovered this tape. Both of
these songs were originally considered for 'High Winds White Sky' but were never
recorded during the sessions.
Oh yes, Doug McClement and his company LiveWire Remote Recorders has gone on to be one of North Americašs leading remote recording engineers. His work can be heard on live or remote recordings by
many artists including Leonard Cohen, Steve Earle, Oscar Peterson, Blue Rodeo
and Stevie Ray Vaughan. ~~Bernie Finkelstein
6 September 2003 - This song is to be included on the 2003 remastered version of High Winds White Sky.
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