Thanks to Don Browne, who prompted me to write this during a dry spell. (Minneapolis, MN—2008)
lyrics
Grab your coat, grab your hat
Grab your gloves now don’t look back ‘cause
Canada’s comin’
Canada’s comin’;
Canada’s comin’, and it’s all gonna freeze up now.
Grab your scarf, grab your boots,
Grab your parka, here’s the news: said
Canada’s comin’
Canada’s comin’;
Canada’s comin’, and it’s all gonna freeze up now.
Someone left the backdoor open,
The temperature is downward slopin’,
Twenty-five below (and droppin’),
Without the wind, and the wind's not stoppin’;
Canada’s comin, and it’s all gonna freeze up now.
Well it starts above the Great Slave Lake,
Round Yellowknife where the ice don’t break,
It’s heading’ down from Saskatoon,
Through Winnipeg--it’ll be here soon;
Canada’s comin, and it’s all gonna freeze up now.
So hunker down, light the stove,
Grab a quilt, now huddle up close, ‘cause
Canada’s comin’
Canada’s comin’;
Canada’s comin’, and it’s all gonna freeze up
(Canada’s comin’, and it’s all gonna freeze up)
Canada’s comin’, and it’s all gonna freeze up now.
credits
from Beguiled World,
released July 17, 2012
Tim Gustafson: Rhythm guitar, harmonica, and vocal
John Helgen: Keyboard
Steve Kimball Drums
Dave Michel: Bass
Mark Nelson: Tenor sax
Paul Odenbach: Lead guitar
Larry Teppo: Percussion
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