Biography:
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. Rogers died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on the ground at the Greater Cincinnati Airport at the age of 33.
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Other songs:
- 45 Years
- Lies
- Make And Break Harbour
- Witch Of Westmoreland
- A Matter Of Heart
- Acadian Saturday Night
- Barretts Privateers
- Bluenose
- California
- Canol Road
- Cape St Marys
- Cliffs At Baccalieu
- Dark Eyed Molly
- Delivery Delayed
- Down The Road
- Evangeline
- Field Behind The Plow
- First Christmas
- Fishermans Wharf
- Fogartys Cove
- Forty
- Free In The Harbour
- Guysborough Train
- Harris And The Mare
- House Of Orange
- Jeannie C
- Leave Her Johnny Leave Her
- Let Me Fish Off Cape St Marys
- Lock
- Lookout Hill
- Love Letter
- Macdonnell On The Heights
- Mary Ellen Carter
- Northwest Passage
- Pharisee
- Sailors Rest
- Scarborough Settlers Lament
- Second Effort
- Song Of The Cradle
- Strings And Dory Plug
- Take It From Day To Day
- The Bluenose
- The Field Behind The Plow
- The Flowers Of Bermuda
- The House Of Orange
- The Idiot
- The Jeannie C
- The Maid On The Shore
- The Mary Ellen Carter
- The Rawdon Hills
- The White Collar Holler
- The Witch Of The Westmorland
- The Witch Of Westmorland
- Three Fishers
- Tiny Fish For Japan
- Turnaround
- White Squall
- Wreck Of The Athens Queen
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[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 1]
D / A
Westward from the / Davis Strait,
/ G / Bm
'Tis / there was said to / lie,
/ G / D
The / sea route to the / Orient,
/ G / Em
For / which so many / died,
D / A
Seeking gold and / glory,
/ G / Bm
Leaving / weathered broken / bones, and
/ G / D - A / D / /
A / long forgotten / lonely cairn of / stones. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 2]
/ D / A
Three / centuries there - / after,
/ G / Bm
I take / passage over / land,
/ G / D
In the / footsteps of brave / Kelso,
/ Em / G
Where his / "sea of flowers" be - / gan.
/ D / A
Watching / cities rise be - / fore me,
/ G / Bm
Then be - / hind me sink a - / gain,
/ G / D
This / tardiest ex - / plorer,
/ D - A / D
Driving / hard, a - cross the / plains. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 3]
/ D / A
And / through the night be - / hind the wheel,
/ G / Bm
The / mileage clicking / west,
/ G / D
I / think upon Mac - / kenzie,
/ Em / G
David / Thompson, and the / rest,
/ D / A
Who / cracked the mountain / ramparts, and
/ G / Bm
Did / show a path for / me,
/ G / D - A / D / /
To / race the roaring / Fraser, to the / sea. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 4]
/ D / A
How / then am I so / different,
/ G / Bm
From the / first men through this / way,
/ G / D
Like / them, I left a / settled life,
/ Em / G
I / threw it all a - / way,
/ D / A
To / seek a Northwest / Passage,
/ G / Bm
At the / call of many / men,
/ G / D - A / D / /
To / find there, but the / road back home a - / gain. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 1]
D / A
Westward from the / Davis Strait,
/ G / Bm
'Tis / there was said to / lie,
/ G / D
The / sea route to the / Orient,
/ G / Em
For / which so many / died,
D / A
Seeking gold and / glory,
/ G / Bm
Leaving / weathered broken / bones, and
/ G / D - A / D / /
A / long forgotten / lonely cairn of / stones. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 2]
/ D / A
Three / centuries there - / after,
/ G / Bm
I take / passage over / land,
/ G / D
In the / footsteps of brave / Kelso,
/ Em / G
Where his / "sea of flowers" be - / gan.
/ D / A
Watching / cities rise be - / fore me,
/ G / Bm
Then be - / hind me sink a - / gain,
/ G / D
This / tardiest ex - / plorer,
/ D - A / D
Driving / hard, a - cross the / plains. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 3]
/ D / A
And / through the night be - / hind the wheel,
/ G / Bm
The / mileage clicking / west,
/ G / D
I / think upon Mac - / kenzie,
/ Em / G
David / Thompson, and the / rest,
/ D / A
Who / cracked the mountain / ramparts, and
/ G / Bm
Did / show a path for / me,
/ G / D - A / D / /
To / race the roaring / Fraser, to the / sea. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 4]
/ D / A
How / then am I so / different,
/ G / Bm
From the / first men through this / way,
/ G / D
Like / them, I left a / settled life,
/ Em / G
I / threw it all a - / way,
/ D / A
To / seek a Northwest / Passage,
/ G / Bm
At the / call of many / men,
/ G / D - A / D / /
To / find there, but the / road back home a - / gain. / /
[Chorus]
/ D / A
Ah, for / just one / time,
/ G / Bm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G / D
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em / G
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D / A
Tracing / one warm / line,
/ G / Bm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
G / D - A / D / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
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