Cotton Jenny - Gordon Lightfoot

[@phil2518]

My favorite Lightfoot song, RIP Gordon

[@RyneMurray23]

A lot of people don't even know about this song and it's a shame. It's definitely one of my favorites by him👍🏼

[@stiltzca33]

His singing gives me chills, what an amazing singer. It really does bring a person back to reality. The music we listen to today doesn't have the heart it used to.

[@martinkdoorstoperception.1913]

The great late MR Lightfoot at his finest a class act .

[@joerandolph4511]

Dylan said it best. "I wish a Gordon Lightfoot song would never end."

[@kevinyomofo]

I grew up on this song. My dad played the hell out of it when we were little, and I still LOVE Gordon Lightfoot. Thanks so much for posting this!!!

[@brod7501]

Lightfoot's Number 3 chart hit from 1962. It was his first hit record, 55 yeqars ago this year (2017) and he's still performing. An international folk- rock legend.

[@garystackhouse5787]

Cotton Jenny was released in 1971....

[@guylabonte2785]

Great song, great voice, a true joyful sound.

[@minaroar]

Gordon is so good I didn't believe he had written all of his songs, I thought he was recording other songwriters, Gordon isn't a folk artist he is FOLK!!

[@sonyahannah]

I LITERALLY wore out the 8-track with this song on it in the early 70s. . . thanks for uploading!

[@stephenfiore9960]

I’m wearing out my KZbin app in this one also…

[@ant-1382]

This guy was so popular in the 70's can't believe only 730 likes. 731 now!!

[@markbertolet1985]

Don’t know how I missed this for so long. Thanks for sharing it.

[@mthivier]

Infectious song. You can't help but smile and sing along...also, old Gord was pretty easy on the eyes, back in the day.

[@williamhild1793]

How great was Gordon Lightfoot? Amazing singer-songwriter. This fun tune was my favorite.

[@sandygoldsmith4310]

The first (of many) song of Gordon's I learned on guitar. Just got the album on CD for my birthday( the vinyl I played a ton!). Thanks for all you do, Gordon. Keep it coming!

[@mca19580]

He opened with this song at the Twin River Casino in RI on July 31st (2009). Still going strong at 71. Gordon Lightfoot rules!!!

[@hucklebrook]

Such a wonderful folk singer. I have always loved his music and finally got to see him recently at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut. It is a small venue with about 500 seats and I was fortunate to be in the center of the front row. Enjoyed every minute. Time has taken its toll on Gordon as well as all of us, but it was great to finally have a chance to see him perform after being a fan for many years.

[@jmacleve]

I haven't heard this in ages ... boy does it bring back memories. Love listening to Gordon, regardless of the song.

[@Roggiedodgie]

One of those that parents and their children can share with a drink and a smile (me being the child at the age of 52 and my folks at 80 )

[@coracleman]

Great stuff. Always good to see the older clips of Gord performing. Many thanks.

[@fek2000]

The first time I watched this years ago on PBS I was amazed Gordon kept singing when the audience began to clap. Every concert we went to before that he'd stop singing when the crowd started to do this and then he'd say "leave the driving to us." Guess he just had to give up after a while. LOL!

[@brentwoods6158]

Love this song ❤❤❤

[@johnraspen3093]

Such a loss. Loved worldwide. RIP Gordon.

[@marilyncourtney729]

Love this old song

[@xxxtexanpa]

I just watched Frank Ifield sing this song and even though he is great and very eye-appearling, there was something missing from Gordon's song. Listening to Gordon just now pulls it all together! Thanks for the post.

[@sauquoit13456]

Here's some obscure trivia for you: On this day in 1794 {March 14th} Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin*, a mechanical device that removes the seeds from cotton and one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution... And just over 178 years later on April 1st, 1972 Anne Murray's covered version of the Gordon Lightfoot song "Cotton Jenny" would reach #1 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart and also peak at #1 on the RPM Country Tracks and RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks charts {peaked at #11 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart}... * The word gin is short for engine...

[@lestivers987]

Learned something. I had heard this only by Anne Murray. Good upload!

[@wotan10950]

Did you ever find one of those artists where you like every single one of their songs? That's the way I feel about Gordon Lightfoot. A brilliant talent. My only quibble is that the years of smoking and drinking took a toll on the beauty of his voice.

[@pjgumby]

This song is about my printing press they will take away soon. All my presses were called Jenny because of this song. Yep, they'll take her away soon, and I'll be crying, I'll be crying. I'm supposed to be going to another shop that bought our smaller shop, so I'll be going to a bigger plant. Don't even know how that's going to work out, but I'll be crying the day they take my Jenny away. I love you Jenny.

[@christinemccoy5505]

I love this

[@atimtambaby]

@crazymule18 As soon as I saw this on your playlist, I knew you could not resist a "New David Gaines" comment. Love ya too Brother! TheKingOfLyricMutilization

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@irishqueen208 beautiful. im sure she remembers this. i was born in 75. my parents were lightfoot fans. as i am now.

[@joeysanguine3596]

Happy to sub❤😊

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@2dogsaf yeah im about 30 miles outside of knoxville. in clinton

[@adriansmith1153]

Speedwell for me

[@colachick12]

Good for you :)

[@JoeMarkleymusic]

@mollieluna Just curious about this so I Googled it and I read that the parting was amicable and that Pee Wee (Ed Ringwald) shows up every night when Lightfoot plays his extended gigs ay Massey Hall. Also, I e-mailed Ed Ringwald (who the hell knows if it was the real Pee Wee Charles I was talking to) and he had nothing but great things to say about GL and his time with him when he replied.

[@2dogsaf]

@yamahonkawazuki not sure about the loon thing,i was graduating when you were born.perhaps im too old .i gather you are somewhere around Knoxville I'm in piedmont N.C.thanks for the tibute to Terry on your page,Iliked the Alison Kraus song too

[@ralfkopka2626]

😍

[@petermorrison13]

RIP-Not!!!! he is alive and well!!

[@mollieluna]

That Guy Whose Name You Don't Remember was Mike Heffernan. Mr. Charles and Mr. Lightfoot no longer see eye to eye, Mike's been with Gordon for 25+ years.

[@DrAllenLycka]

word candy

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@DIVERSITYRECESSION3 how so?

[@pjgumby]

I LOVE MY PRINTING PRESS!!!!!! I Love my jenny!!!!!!

[@rdvqc]

Gordon is one of Canada's best - along with Ian Tyson. Too bad Stan Rogers died so young (34). He would have been on the top team too!

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@2dogsaf Ill be danged. i had a loon. intriguing

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@pjgumby ive got an antique printing press in my basement with teh same name lol :)

[@minaroar]

I so should have gone to Mariposa this summer, insert foot in backside

[@waynefleming2595]

GORDON LIGHTFOOT IS INTERNATIONAL A MUSICAL GENIUS THIS IS VERIFIED BY GEDDY LEE AND ALEX LIFESON OF RUSH

[@ericleyton4153]

I respect Rush and everything but Lightfoot is way more important to popular music than Lee or Lifeson.

[@19finbar]

@wotan10950 It is a shame, but it would not Gordon if he did it different

[@Robert-gg1er]

I wish Tony Soprano was around back then. He could have told that guy in the front row to remove his stupid white hat.

[@weirdbeard63]

Don't clap. Just listen and appreciate. You rubes are not at a barn dance.......

[@daviddozois7256]

If only it was that easy/ you and rc are borne to make others laff+ dream// I mean does anyone besides us 3 read anymore SO …..you’re a standup kind and funny person. Me too we’ll leave cybospeak to the kids + their ideas cyborgs better do more than cry a battlefield song cause there are kids involved in this outbrake of drama+ violence// best keep four eyes on the creep of white mountains // uno boys+ girls forced to eat dirt to quell their hungry breadbaskets. I say take him out the same z time as the prisoners gets burnt in Belarius God damn Putin would drop to Our earth like a flyer. That’s my wish Black Cubes today ‘cause tomorrow never comes. Pls see d. Control ( no argument #3 ). David