Four Strong Winds - Mary Chapin Carpenter
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- Singing Four Strong Winds for our finale is a beloved EFMF tradition. On Sunday August 9th we look forward to the EFMF Finale as we sing Four Strong Winds together with Grammy Award winning artist Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Sing-a-Long submissions are now closed - thank you to everyone who participated!
Watch for the Four Strong Winds Finale on Sunday August 9th.
Lyrics:
Four Strong Winds
Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change, come what may
But our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.
Think I'll go out to Alberta, weather's good there in the fall
I got some friends that I can go to working for
Still I wish you'd change your mind,
If I asked you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more
Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change, come what may
But our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.
If I get there before the snow flies, and if things are going good
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare
But by then it would be winter, and not much for you to do
And those winds sure blow cold way out there
Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change, come what may
But our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.
Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change, come what may
But our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.
Four strong winds
Four strong winds
Four strong winds
Four strong winds
My goodness, I haven't heard this Ian and Sylvia song in well over 55 years. It takes me back to a time when folk music was what we were listening to. It brought tears to my eyes, and that is a hard thing for a 74 year old man to deal with. It's hard to type, when it feels like I am looking through an aquarium. Lovely, just lovely.
Well, the song didn't make me weepy, but your comment did.... ❤✌
Same emotions here! I remember this from my Judy Collins infatuation in the 70's! MCC just brought it all back! What a beautiful rendition.
Written by Ian Tyson in response to Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind.
Completely understand, I'm 70.
@@915buck I'm 65....
Such a beautiful lady! Soft gentle voice. No makeup, no hairdresser or costume designer, simple honesty.
You are the judge.
Who can't be touched by that beautiful song finished with a wonderful smile. Mary Chapin Carpenter, you are gold!
Hey.
I agree wholeheartedly. -
MCC, your cover version is moving me to tears. So grateful for the way you share your art, and for your generosity of reaching out to so many listeners/viewers around the world. Your voice has a healing quality. Thank you. 🤩
So, so lovely, Dear Mary! 🥰
Mary, this effort of yours to support and uplift the nation in a time of crisis will be a lasting legacy of yours.
Beautiful from the wonderful Mary Chapin and thank you for songs from Home . Kept us afloat during such difficult times. 🙏❤️🇮🇪
I had forgotten how extraordinary MCC's voice is! Time hasn't weakened it at all!
A timeless song sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter with her timeless voice. Thank you, Ian Tyson, for writing this moving music, thank you Mary Chapin Carpenter for singing and recording yourself, and thank you to all involved with the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Can't wait to see y'all back on the hill next summer. Until then, may you sing "Four Strong Winds" with the wind at your back!
Over the years I've heard several Canadian songwriters say that until they first heard "Four Strong Winds" they didn't realize that people wrote songs about Canada. So I thank this song not just for Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker, but for James Keelaghan and the McGarrigle sisters and David Francey and Stan and Garnet Rogers and Marie-Lynn Hammond and more brilliant singer-songwriters than I can list at the moment.
James Keelaghan’s Cold Missouri Waters silenced the house (auditorium) the first time I heard it. Stunning performance.
And I’d add Ron Humes to your list!
I heard that Ian Tyson wrote this as a response to Blowin' In The Wind, by Bob Dylan. I have seen both artists live. Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker are Canadian music icons, for sure.
Don't forget Gordon Lightfoot.
@@rdalin ...or the gal from Saskatoon!
What about Neil Young? The most famous of all.
Thank you for the gifts through the years, another 74 yr old sitting here among your cassettes,CDs, the iPod, & now TH-cam...bless your sweet heart.
The best part of this pandemic has been your gift of song.
I love playing this song, but Mary's just made me feel like I've never heard it before. Expressive doesn't even come close.
Oh I missed this jewel, this is so special, Mary brings tears to my eyes and make me smile at the same time, such a precious moment ... She's so very Human and tender, she heals our deepest wounds, she makes us feel alive, she's exquisite, and she sounds and plays like an angel ... Thank you so much for sharing !
While not part of Chapin's "Songs from Home" series, it is always a pleasure to hear her sing, especially these days. I'll borrow for a moment: Stay mighty, all our neighbors to the north. We'll see you again soon.
Thank you from a Canadian. Stay Mighty also, I can't wait to get back to Minnesota!
Stay mighty, from Toronto.
From an Albertan, stay mighty my Southern neighbours.
Love this song. Mary, you do it beautifully.
As an Alberta girl of 39 years, this song hits ALL the feels. We moved to NW Sask to homestead, 2 months before my 40th birthday. Life is quiet, serene, and more fulfilling, away from the rat race of a more populous province like Ab.
You dear, lovely lady…your voice is medicine for my soul❤
I just Love Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Music and that Golden Voice❤️❤️❤️❤️
I used to play this song when I was in my 20s. 40 years ago!
I haven’t heard this song since 1971. Thank goodness for Google and Mary and her gorgeous rendition.
SHE TOO, LOVED IAN TYSON!
Just wonderful. Thankfully, Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker are still with us. No doubt, they will probably appreciate this rendition.
What can I say , brilliant would love to meet her one day ,RAY TWELVE STRINGS
What a Masterpiece. Neil Young said as a teen, he wore this out on a jukebox. Ian Tyson wrote it, and it’s fantastic here! Thank you.
Bless you Mary...........I am Canadian and grew up listening to Ian and Sylvia performing this. You absolutely killed it with this.......perhaps the best live performance I have ever seen you do!!
I LOVE Mary Chaplin Carpenter.. Her Voice is so Soothing. One of the Best❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
You are a gift in the darkest times. Just beautiful
I love when a brilliant songwriter pays tribute to another brilliant songwriter, favorites of mine, both
Sometimes I think reasons for living are in a collection of small moments. This performance is one of them. Thank you Mary.
...well said...♥️
I’ve always loved this beautiful woman’s voice and song writing ability! Top notch!! ❤️❤️❤️
Mary, listening to you is absolutely intoxicating//// Beautiful beyond words....
Beautiful. Great song, great voice, timeless.
Oh Mary, tears filled my eyes. I attended your concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London a few years back, and was enthralled. This from home was also from the heart, you are one in a million.
Such a beautiful version from a beautiful lady! The way she looks I too the camera, it’s like she’s looking just at me!
Beautifull Mary..GOD Bless You and Canada..
Still got the best smile on the internet!
Such a unique and intimate performance of a great song.
Great song, great voice, and great guitar picking. Love it.
I remember this song from The Chad Mitchell Trio- a very long time ago
Beautiful to hear it again from this beautiful woman ❤️
It's been a rough couple of years for us all, hasn't it. I have never felt so embraced, comforted and loved by an artist and a performance. Thank you and God Bless you Mary.
Thank You Mary Chapin Carpenter
I love it
Is it just me or does MCC s voice get better with the passage of time, Love this simple version of a classic.
i was driving overnight from Scotland to London and Mary was on I think radio 2 late at night, she made it the best lone journey I have ever done, amazing voice, thank you Mary
I could swear she had recorded this. I went back thru all my albums and even searched her song list online and it's not there. But when I listened to her sing it here, I was following along in my mind, remembering every vocal inflection she gave to the song before she sang it. I must be losin' it.
Beautiful. A blessing in our times--that's what Mary Chapin Carpenter is. xoxooo
A SPOKANE "COMMUNITY BUILDING " JAM FAVORITE. HOW WE ALL MISS OUR TIMES, SINGING THIS~~ XXXOBarb July 7, 2020
The only positive that came out of the COVID fiasco is that I learned of this song which I had never heard before. Thank you Mary.
I went to college in the early 1970s in Canada and I could hear Sylvia and Ian on the radio in the dorm and often students strumming and singing this very song. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
Yes...Mary and ALL her Songs From Home has lifted me and carried me through each tough day...You are "gold" Mary... Such a Blessing and..P.S. I love your guitar :)
Special song, special singer!
I have to be honest, i was never a big fan of Mary Chapin. But she does a wonderful job with this song!
and Mary takes this song and makes it her own....lovely!
Beautiful! Thank you, MaryChapin! Peace to our neighbors in Canada, I hope you are doing well. ☮️
Hello Nurture Nature, I see your here also enjoying this song. Have you seen her with the Edmonton Folk Festival on TH-cam? It’s really good. I’d like to go up there one time to see it. My college, Northland, in northern Wis. began their Folk Festival back in 1968/9 I believe. They’re good places to go and just relax and listen. Peace
@Nurture Nature
Hope you continue to keep well, a WHOLE year on?
Needless to say, I miss SFH, and all the interactions.
I wish MCC only the best for the tour that is about to start.
Stay Mighty, NN!
Greetings from RSA 🇿🇦
@nurturenature2282
Hope you remain well.
This cover is STILL moving me greatly. And I do still miss SFH.
Keep well!
💐
Thanks Mary.
Wow!! Just wow Mary. You give us a view into your heart. A true gift, an incredible burden for you. Thank you.
Beautiful! Amazing!
Honest music, honestly played. I'm a new fan and I'm learning this song next. To hell with flash. Give me truth.
Ah, such a beautiful heartfelt rendering of a classic, sung by the most captivating female vocalist & performer of our generation. Mary Chapin Carpenter you have the rare gift to touch souls with your voice.
Your voice soothes my soul like a lullaby. So grateful to you for sharing your soulful voice during these stressful times. Thank you! Love & Light ☮️💗🙂
These Songs from Home are an opened window to how life, living and humanity should become. Life is really that simple, can be that beautiful and rewarding. It was many years ago, here. Thanks for shinning a light onto a world lost. Thanks again Angus and White kitty you are wonderful, the lady singing does pretty good too. 😇✌️👍
Mary: this song done by you is stunningly beautiful: words fall so far short....You are so incredible...
"Come what may. . ."
I first heard this song over 50 years ago, when I was a boy. It has become more poignant and meaningful over the years, to the point that I can't hear it without tearing up. What a beautiful and touching version Mary has gifted to us. Yup: I'm crying.
"Come what may."
Wonderful old song, first heard ages ago from The Brothers Four and beautifully sung by this sweet, lovely lady: Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Very beautiful song, thank you Mary 👍👍👍
A shout out to Canada, that's the way I read it. She mentions a couple of Canadian cities on her very first CD. I'm re-listening to her CDs, spurred on by her Songs from Home videos.
Beautifully sung, unplugged and unprocessed. The real deal.
MCC you are a treasure and more beautiful than ever in every way. All good things to you.
Mary Chapin Carpenter, from your very first cd Inam a fan, lost you somewhere in between and found you again innthese peculiar times. Your voice is so beautifull and I can‘t praise enough your tiny concerts, cheering us up. Last time I‘ve heart 4 strong winds was from Johnny Cash. I thought, it could not be done better, but sou proved me wrong. Thank you so much!
Lovely. Just lovely. Thank you.
Thank you MaryChapin ,love this version , so tender you are the best x
Thanks, Mary Chapin Carpenter. I've been listening to you since Kramerbooks and Afterwards and Mary Cliff. You have enriched my life.
Such a wonderful singer -- and you know she is doing these songs from home to brighten us all. I know she must have a very generous spirit.
❤️from the 80 and still job well done thank you❤️🙏👨🏼🌾
Sounds very Native American spirituality. Beautiful.
Wonderful rendition of a great song.
Lovely old tune, done well.
One of my favorites! Thank you...!❤️❤️❤️
One of my favorite songs by my favorite singer. Thank you MCC. I love you.
Love love love. Absolutely love
Beautifully sung Mary..thank you again for singing for us to keep us sane. 🥰
Beautifut .......... Thank You !
Her voice has just the right low-tone for this song. Not many artists can sing the song the right way as Mary.
Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💜💜💜
This song originally written & sung by Ian & Sylvia effected me greatly as a teen in the 60’s. It’s words were so romantic to me. I grew up in Chicago but I travelled to Canada in my early 20’s and many times thereafter always with this song in my mind. Just a wonderful song that I’ve played a thousand times. I’ll add this beautiful version to my collection.
Thanks Mary from a Canadian fan ........Merry Xmas my dear
So beautiful dear Mary.
I find myself keep coming back throughout the dsy..I LOVE IT SO MUCH.!!! Your voice is do amazing..I love it
Heyyy_ miss mary!@@!!!
Share my Tyson's chicken with you & a potato wedge...want some?
Goodnight miss Mary Hava good night's rest lol I been watching all the videos that I love most I like email all just I'm crazy about these haha well I'm off to watch TV til I fall asleep oh meant tell you I have a dog name is Jasper, take keep mighty wear masks not wash hands lol hope I see you 2morrow oh I joined urban fan club last night don't how I found it or who's it is but that was their choice to let me in or not gesshh sometimes I just done understand me I always talk far too much I'm so very sorry try not catch u 2morrow xox
Your the best Mary....sweet lady...your music rocks..
Was für ein schöner Song, was für eine Stimme. Alles Gute Amerika. I love Amerika. Gruß aus Deutschland 🇩🇪.
Oh what a classic thank you
I can't think of anything to add that hasn't already been said, except my own personal thanks for this beautiful rendition.
Love this song and she sings it beautifully.
So nice! Peace Mary
Oh my goodness Mary. You are my heroine. I've listened to your music for 20+ years and you have no idea the part you and your music have played in my life. I saw you as well, front row in a concert of yours in Liverpool where I live a few years ago!
loved her and her music for yrs. still as great and beautiful as ever. God bless her.
It doesn't come better than this. Fantastic song and fantastic singer. Thanks for singing (and posting)
The first and best song from an incredible body of work.
I so miss your songs from home during the COVID isolation. Hearing you play and sing helped keep me going. Hope you are doing well.
Nicely done Mary, as always. Wonderful way to start up another Sunday morning, peace and solitude.
Although written by Ian Tyson and I suppose made famous by Neil Young this is by far my favourite version. Thank you for posting.
American perspective? As a Canadian, Ian didn’t need any help making it famous. It’s still an excellent song. And MCC does it beautiful.
Mary is really beautiful and it really shines through in that dress she's wearing. Nice song
This is an excellent version of one of my favorite songs.