[Dave, Melbourne,Australia]

Joveski,

I think the answer to your question is that Gord emphasises the consonant at the end of a line. A good example is the song "Much To My Surprise". (James Taylor, on the other hand, emphasises vowels and pronounces "a" and "the" as "ay" and "thee".)

Hey, yesterday I met a Canadian-born winery owner at Panton Hill, just north-east of Melbourne (near the fire-devastated Kinglake area). He said he once went ice fishing at Lake Simcoe and the fisherman next to him turned out to be Gordon Lightfoot!