GORDON LIGHTFOOT

The Gordon Lightfoot Collection (below) makes a fabulous tribute concert to a Canadian legend.

The Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus was part of the impetus behind the creation of this collection. David Garber and company combined the entire set in a Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Concert – presented in November 2022.  Here’s a review: “What a thrill! The Gordon Lightfoot concert this past Sunday was a wonderful event. The audience really enjoyed the music and poetry. Heads bobbing, bodies swaying, mouths/voices singing along, smiles and shouts of joy. They were very appreciative  and gave an enthusiastic standing ovation.”

by Gordon Lightfoot, arr.Larry Nickel

SATB with piano – CP 2100 – duration 3:20  
TTBB with piano – CP 2164 – duration 3:20
SSAA available upon request
options: Guitar, Bass and Violin parts
One doesn’t need to be from Alberta to catch the enthusiasm of a prairie fanatic. Larry’s wife, Edna, comes from Lethbridge, where the trees grow at an angle because of the incessant wind – but where the finest crops of grain on earth are grown.
Oh the prairie lights are burnin’ bright
The Chinook wind is a-movin’ in
Tomorrow night I’ll be Alberta bound

by Gordon Lightfoot, arr.Larry Nickel

SATB with piano – CP 2103 – duration 7:00 
TTBB with piano – CP 2103
SSAA available upon request
options: Guitar, Bass and Violin parts available
Considered by some to be Canada’s 2nd national anthem, this iconic song brings the listeners from coast to coast. I was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to celebrate Canada’s Centennial in 1967.
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

by Gordon Lightfoot, arr. Erica Phare-Bergh

SATB with piano – CP 2105 – duration 3:30  
SSAA and TTBB available upon request
options: Guitar, Bass and Violin parts
Carefree highway
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway
You’ve seen better days
The morning after blues
From my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway
Let me slip away on you

by Gordon Lightfoot, arr.Larry Nickel

SATB with piano – CP 2099 – duration 4:05
SSAA and TTBB available upon request
options: Guitar, Bass and Violin parts
This is one of the most powerful pieces ever penned by legend Gordon Lightfoot. The irony, the poignant message, takes a person by surprize.
Rows of lights in a circle of steel
Where you place your bets on a great big wheel
High windows flickerin’ down through the snow

by Gordon Lightfoot, arr. Mark Sirett

SATB    with piano – CP 1787 – duration 3:20
TTBB    with piano – CP 1790
SSAA    with piano – CP 2246
options: Guitar, Bass and Violin parts
Many singers and audience members will remember this delightful folk song by Lightfoot.  “Wheels of love go ’round!” Dr. Sirett has created an approachable type of “round” with his skillful writing. Great fun!

by Gordon Lightfoot, arr. Mark Sirett

SATB    with piano – CP 2101 – duration 4:20
TTBB    with piano – CP 2102
options: Guitar, Bass and Violin parts
This classic song has been covered by many artists from Bob Dylan and “Peter, Paul and Mary” to Elvis.
In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
I’m a long way from home, Lord, I miss my loved ones so
In the early morning rain with no place to go

by Gordon Lightfoot, arr. Erica Phare-Bergh

SATB with piano – CP 1766 – duration 3:05 
SSA with piano – CP 1891
TBB option available upon request
options: Guitar, Bass and Violin parts
Erica has given an authentic treatment to the Gordon Lightfoot hit. We all need such people in our lives.
Rainy day people always seem to know when it’s time to call
Rainy day people don’t talk – they just listen till they’ve heard it all

Song for a Winter’s Night by Gordon Lightfoot, arr.  Robin Salkeld

SATB a cappella – CP 1264 – duration – 4:40
SSAA a cappella – CP 1320
TTBB a cappella – CP 2098

Your choir will fall in love with Robin’s arrangement – a gorgeous Christmas gem.