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Auburn Annie · 04-01-2004, 01:47 PM

quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
This came up at alt.music.lightfoot about five or six years ago. See http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=6mh106%24eiq%241%40nnrp1.dejanews.com&rn um=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dringneck%2Bloon%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26i e%3DU TF-8%2 6oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D6mh106%2524eiq%25241%2540nnrp1.dejanews .com%26rnum%3D1

(sorry, that's so long it won't copy)

From message 2:
"Hi,
I saw Gord on May 16th at Westbury Music Fair and he said the song was about
the common loon "with the perfect ring around it's neck".
Bill"

And from our Val in message 8, same thread:

"It isn't the name of a type of loon. He calls it 'ringneck' because of the
colorful ring of feathers around it's neck. I believe it is the 'common' loon. He
has said something to that effect in some of his concert introductions to the
song."

04-01-2004, 01:47 PM	#2
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie: This came up at alt.music.lightfoot about five or six years ago. See http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=6mh106%24eiq%241%40nnrp1.dejanews.com&rn um=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dringneck%2Bloon%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26i e%3DU TF-8%2 6oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D6mh106%2524eiq%25241%2540nnrp1.dejanews .com%26rnum%3D1 (sorry, that's so long it won't copy) From message 2: "Hi, I saw Gord on May 16th at Westbury Music Fair and he said the song was about the common loon "with the perfect ring around it's neck". Bill" And from our Val in message 8, same thread: "It isn't the name of a type of loon. He calls it 'ringneck' because of the colorful ring of feathers around it's neck. I believe it is the 'common' loon. He has said something to that effect in some of his concert introductions to the song."