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Back when Canadian musicians wrote songs about Canada.

CBC needs to find the original tapes of this (and everything they have of Lightfoot) and restore them, we must preserve the greatness that was Gordon Lightfoot, the word legend is often used to describe musicians, but in this case there should be an even stronger word, Gord was Canada.

This version is so much better the studio version on the album, it's great too but this one is more haunting

I love this singer! So into it

What a Treasure. The loss of Gordon, still stings.

GlJANE BORN 09/07/1962 HAMILTON ONTARIO CANADA

God bless our Gord. ❤️

Incredible video and song of Lightfoot. Love it.

His voice sounds so smooth like the vibrato so much ❤

The dancing seems inspired by tge hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian, amd Russian immigrants of tge late 1800's to the west to build the raillroads.

This is an extremely patriotic song. God bless 🇨🇦, keep you unified and strong. Blessings from Philadelphia, Pa. Aiming to have trade partners strong fir tge next two centuries, indeed.

The CBC commissioned Gordon to write a song about this subject. It took him but 3 days to write this masterpiece.

The debut of Gordon Lightfoot's classic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy". This version was televised January 1, 1967 on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), which commissioned Gordon to write a song commemorating Canada’s 100th birthday. A 40-piece orchestra accompanies Lightfoot’s magnificent arrangement.

Rest in peace Gordon, you will be missed.

Priceless, absolutely priceless.

6:10 Risque moment but probably typical at that time (when the railways were built). Thank God we have a treasury of his songs. He will surely be missed. RIP.

Pity they didn't shoot this on colour film for posterity.

RIP Gordon Lightfoot one of the greatest songwriters ever! Thank you for over 6 decades of great songs and memories. See you on the Carefree Highway. ❤

An icon is gone.

Rest in peace sir.

RIP, Gordon. What a sad evening tonight on May 1st

I like him so much.

What a gift! One loses so very much living a-way down here south of the boarder

Happy Birthday, Gordon!

...and many are the dead men, Too silent, To be real. Man, that chokes me up, every time!!

I used to nail this in my coffeeshop troubadour days.

Gordon Lightfoot is our National Treasure 😊🤓🇨🇦🎼🎸

An excellent post , thank you...

This is an absolute treasure.

There's always something so soothing about Gordon Lightfoot's singing. A true singing storyteller of his time (My gorgeous girlfriend, this comment was for you 😉). Glad I bumped into this song. 😁

Too bad about the vocals on this video.

Wonderful video🥰

An incredible song. However, I think the woke crowd nowadays would not let it be sung on television & would demand anyone associated with its production publicly apologize.

Love the 7 Brides for 7 Brothers dance routines!

Always top shelf ! A treasure !

Inspiring me to pick up a guitar at 60 years of age, and giving it a go!! Thanks Gordon.....

Awesome!

The CBC commissioned Gordon Lightfoot to write this song. Is this the first time Canadians got to hear this? 1967

Did he adjust the key down? Isn't the S&D recording in a different key?

This is interesting. This song could be the basis of a musical theatrical production; That is proof how great a song writer and story teller Gordon Lightfoot is; It really should be considered they did it with Bob Dylan's "Girl From The North Country" and that really worked until COVID 19 hit.

Bo Diddley said, ‘I played blues licks (or riffs) that you’d hear on the drums, on the guitar …’

Play it Steve

My favourite Lightfoor song but man those dancers in the middle look phony. Especially when they hit the rails with their sledge hammers. Anyone that missed the spikes that often would have been fired.....

First time I've seen this version! Fabulous!

Wow I wonder if those who watched this 50 years ago could imagine what wonderful songs were still to come from this icon of music.Like Dylan said,everytime I hear a Gordon LIghtfoot song I wish it would never end.Cheers Gord

Entire movies flash before my eyes when I listen to many of his songs. They give me visions without the shrooms. No other singer-songwriter does this to me. The guy is a magician. His music are spells.

This has to be the coolest music video I’ve ever seen. Captures the moment of the song

I've said it before, and I'll say it now again, he makes me proud to be Canadian. He's a national treasure!

My old camp (New Moon) is having a reunion this year and I remembered that in 1967 we had a Centennial Camp Fire with all the other camps across the country. There were poems and speeches and I sang this song. Gordon Lightfoot is the greatest of all our singer/songwriters.