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Old 03-07-2013, 10:52 AM   #19
charlene
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Default Re: Stompin' Tom has died at 77

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Originally Posted by Auburn Annie View Post
He had the craggy face of an old John Wayne and something of the sound of Johnny Cash but, like Gord, he was one of a handful of walking emblems of Canada. RIP Stompin' Tom...
Where Lightfoots tune lent themselves to places beyond Canada, Tom's music was all Canada all the time..The small towns and villages across the country, the working man and woman in them..all were very Canada specific.He held nothing back.


Full lyrics for BELIEVE IN YOUR COUNTRY@ http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/s/s...r_country.html

"If you don't believe your country should come before yourself
Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else."
Tom Connors
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