Gordon Lightfoot Forums - View Single Post - lyrics

vlmagee · 02-20-2000, 09:03 AM

Florian has the lyrics here at this site. Wayne Francis also has them at his. Actually, there has been some lively debate about the lyrics of Borderstone. You will find those you question listed as "The sorting of the reach" and as "The boarding house reach" (is a thing no school can teach you ...). Many people think there is an overdub on the recording and that's why it sounds like the second word starts with "s", but that the real lyrics are "boarding house". If you look on the Usenet newsgroup alt.music.lightfoot (using www.deja.com or www.remarq.com to retrieve old messages), you will find coherent (and not so coherent) arguments on both sides. To me, it sure makes more sense with boarding house ...

------------------
Valerie Magee

[This message has been edited by vlmagee (edited February 20, 2000).]

02-20-2000, 09:03 AM	#2
vlmagee Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Ballston Spa, NY Posts: 724	Florian has the lyrics here at this site. Wayne Francis also has them at his. Actually, there has been some lively debate about the lyrics of Borderstone. You will find those you question listed as "The sorting of the reach" and as "The boarding house reach" (is a thing no school can teach you ...). Many people think there is an overdub on the recording and that's why it sounds like the second word starts with "s", but that the real lyrics are "boarding house". If you look on the Usenet newsgroup alt.music.lightfoot (using www.deja.com or www.remarq.com to retrieve old messages), you will find coherent (and not so coherent) arguments on both sides. To me, it sure makes more sense with boarding house ... ------------------ Valerie Magee [This message has been edited by vlmagee (edited February 20, 2000).]