Stan Rogers

Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter. Quotes Northwest Passage (1981) Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest PassageTo find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort SeaTracing one warm line through a land so wide and savageAnd make a northwest passage to the sea. Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bonesAnd a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones. Race the roaring Fraser to the sea. To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many menTo find there but the road back home again. Barrett's Privateers (1976) Oh, the year was seventeen seventy-eight (how I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!) God damn them all!I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold we'd fire no guns -- shed no tears!Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pierThe last of Barrett's Privateers. The Mary Ellen Carter (1979) Rise againRise againThat her name not be lost to the knowledge of men. No matter what you've lostBe it a home, a love, a friendLike the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again. And you to whom adversity has dealt the final blowWith smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go External links Category:Singers from Ontario Category:Singer-songwriters from Canada Category:1949 births Category:1983 deaths Category:Folk singers