Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson CM AOE (born Ian Dawson Tyson in Victoria, British Columbia, on 2… Read Full Bio ↴Ian Tyson CM AOE (born Ian Dawson Tyson in Victoria, British Columbia, on 25 September 1933; died 29 December 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the folk duo Ian & Sylvia and wrote several notable songs including "Four Strong Winds" and "Someday Soon".

Tyson and his then-wife Sylvia Fricker constituted one of the most popular folk duos of the 1960s, Ian & Sylvia. In 1969, they formed and fronted the pioneering country-rock group Great Speckled Bird.

Tyson gradually shifted to the cowboy way while still with Sylvia, accentuating the western life through song. Residing on a ranch in southern Alberta, Tyson toured all over the west.

In 1989, Tyson was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. His next albums were cowboy music: I Outgrew the Wagon (1989), And Stood There Amazed (1991), and Eighteen Inches of Rain (1994).

In 2005, CBC Radio One listeners chose his song, "Four Strong Winds," as the greatest Canadian song of all time on the series 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version. There was strong momentum for him to be nominated the Greatest Canadian, but he fell short. He has been a strong influence on many Canadian artists including Neil Young, who recorded "Four Strong Winds" for Comes a Time (1978). Johnny Cash would also record that same song for American V: A Hundred Highways (2006).

In 2006, Tyson was afflicted with a throat virus resulting in damaged vocal cords and a major change in the texture of his once mellifluous voice into a far hoarser quality. Nevertheless he cut the album, "From Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories" in 2008.
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Ian Tyson Lyrics


Adelita Rose rings on her fingers and bells on her toes you…
Alberta Well, them ol' boys in Texas chew copenhagen Wash it all…
Alcohol in the Bloodstream I came home to find you were gone On a…
Always Saying Goodbye Why do people fall in love And they end up crying Why…
Blue Moon Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Bob Fudge My name is Bob Fudge I was born in Texas Lampasas County Bac…
Casey's Gone Casey?s gone Wasn?t here very long She liked to wag her ta…
Charles Goodnight's Grave On the llano Estacado Not far from Amarillo Big trucks roll …
Claude Dallas In a land the Spanish once had called the Northern…
Eighteen Inches of Rain A’not a broke horse on the place, My pickup truck won’t…
Fifty Years Ago If I could roll back the years Back when I…
Four Strong Winds Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run…
Gallo de Cielo tenerte para mi es un sueño pero es realidad ya no…



Jaquima To Freno Jaquima to freno he's an old vaquero from another time…
La Primera It was a long hard voyage to the Americas In 1493 I…
Land of Shining Mountains In the land of the long roads High, lonesome prairies Drea…
Leavin' Cheyenne I ride an Old Paint A leadin' old Dan I'm goin' to…
Lights Of Laramie Intro: What in the world's come over me I never thought I'd…
Love Without End Love without end, give me love without end. Like that star…
M.c Horses We were having a drink at Stockman's, Listenin' to the guit…
Magpie Magpie You're an early riser Magpie You're a bold chastiser …
MC Horses We were having a drink at Stockman's, Listenin' to the guit…
Navajo Rug Well it's two eggs up on whiskey toast And home fries…
Navajo Rug (Live) Well it's two eggs up on whiskey toast, home fries…
Non-Pro Song Every evening on the interstate Stop and go traffic he can…
Rio Colorado Ribuan kilo pantai terbentang Berjajar pulau yang menghampar…
Rockies Turn to Rose Wide awake in a west side Forth Worth motel Interstate thirt…
Roll On Owyhee From the top of Mahogany Ridge you can see forever and forev…
Some Kind of Fool Worn to a frazzle way down in my bones I've sung…
Somewhere In The Rubies If I knew which way to go I would hold you…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Spring Time In Alberta Should've seen it in your eyes I could never read your…
Springtime In Alberta Should have seen it in your eyes I could never read…
Summer Wages Never hit seventeen When you play against the dealer You k…
The Gift In Old St. Louis over in Missouri, The mighty Mississippi, w…
The Old Double Diamond Now, the old Double Diamond lay out east of Dubois In…
The Wonder of It All There's this place we're gonna ride Up where the rimrod meet…
Tom Blasingame Tom Blasingame Tom's the name Tom Blasingame Eighty-fiv…
Windy Bill Well Windy Bill was a Texas man And he could rope,…


Les Niedbalski


on Road to Las Cruces

Does the wind still blow
in New Mexico?
Do the silver candelabras yet shine?
Is Kathrine still queen of El Paso?
Never to be yours, never to be mine.
Out of reach like the pale moon that shines, on the road to Las Cruces.
On a high plateau, out off Antone she goes.
I see the dust of a herd moving through.
The dream and the lights softly fading,
The horses will not stay, they wish to go with her.
Riding for Alex Corone, on the road to Las Vegas.
The line of desire, seven strands of barbed wire
will hold back the on rushing tide.
Many dreams have been brought to the border,
down in the canyons, down in the culverts.
They pray for safe passage tonight, on the trail to Albuquerque.
I crossed over a toll, I stood there alone, looking in to the heart of the night.
Across that dark plain to El Paso,
Where Kathrine sleeps, Kathrine dreams.
Out of reach like the pale moon that shines, on the road to Las Cruces.

Alex Marcin


on The Wonder of It All

I think it is "where the rimrock meets the sky"

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