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Alberta

(traditional)
Alberta, alberta,
Where you been so long?
Alberta, alberta,
Where you been so long?
Aint had no loving
Since youve been gone.
Alberta, alberta,
Whered you stay last night?
Alberta, alberta
Whered you stay last night?
Come home this morning,
Clothes dont fit you right
Alberta, alberta,
Girl, youre on my mind.
Alberta, alberta,
Girl, youre on my mind.
Aint had no loving
Such a great long time.
Alberta, alberta,
Where you been so long?
Alberta, alberta,
Where you been so long?
Aint had no loving
Since youve been gone.

song performed by by Eric Clapton
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Alberta Bound

Oh the prairie lights are burnin bright
The chinook wind is a-movin in
Tomorrow night Ill be alberta bound
Though Ive done the best I could
My old luck aint been so good and
Tomorrow night Ill be alberta bound
No one-eyed man could eer forget
The rocky mountain sunset
Its a pleasure just to be alberta bound
I long to see my next of kin
To know what kind of shape theyre in
Tomorrow night Ill be alberta bound
Alberta bound, alberta bound
Its good to be alberta bound
Alberta bound, alberta bound
Its good to be alberta bound
Oh the skyline of toronto
Is somethin youll get onto
But they say youve got to live there for a while
And if you got the money
You can get yourself a honey
A written guarantee ta make you smile
But its snowin in the city
And the streets and brown and gritty
And I know theres pretty girls all over town
But they never seem ta find me
And the one I left behind me
Is the reason that Ill be alberta bound
Alberta bound, alberta bound
Its good to be alberta bound
Alberta bound, alberta bound
Its good to be alberta bound
Its good to be alberta bound

song performed by by Gordon Lightfoot
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Alberta #1

Alberta let your hair hang low
Alberta let your hair hang low
Ill give you more gold
Than your apron can hold
If youd only let your hair hang low
Alberta whats on your mind
Alberta whats on your mind
You keep me worried and bothered
All of the time
Alberta whats on your mind
Alberta dont you treat me unkind
Alberta dont you treat me unkind
Oh my heart is so sad
Cause I want you so bad
Alberta dont you treat me unkind
Alberta let your hair hang low
Alberta let your hair hang low
Ill give you more gold
Than your apron can hold
If youll only let your hair hang low

song performed by by Bob Dylan
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Alberta #2

Alberta let your hair hang low
Alberta let your hair hang low
Ill give you more gold
Than your apron can hold
If youd only let your hair hang low
Alberta whats on your mind
Alberta whats on your mind
You keep me worried and bothered
All of the time
Alberta whats on your mind
Alberta dont you treat me unkind
Alberta dont you treat me unkind
Oh my heart is so sad
Cause I want you so bad
Alberta dont you treat me unkind
Alberta let your hair hang low
Alberta let your hair hang low
Ill give you more gold
Than your apron can hold
If youll only let your hair hang low

song performed by by Bob Dylan
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Madam and the Census Man

The census man,
The day he came round,
Wanted my name
To put it down.

I said, Johnson,
Alberta K.
But he hated to write
The K that way.

He said, What
Does K stand for?
I said, K--
And nothing more.

He said, I'm gonna put it
KÐAÐY.
I said, If you do,
You lie.

My mother christened me
Alberta K.
You leave my name
Just that way!

He said, Mrs.,
(With a snort)
Just a K
Makes your name too short.

I said, I don't
Give a damn!
Leave me and my name
Just like I am!

Furthermore, rub out
That MRS., too--
I'll have you know
I'm Madam to you!

poem by Langston Hughes
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Madam's Past History

My name is Johnson--
Madam Alberta K.
The Madam stands for business.
I'm smart that way.

I had a
HAIR-DRESSING PARLOR
Before
The depression put
The prices lower.

Then I had a
BARBECUE STAND
Till I got mixed up
With a no-good man.

Cause I had a insurance
The WPA
Said, We can't use you
Wealthy that way.

I said,
DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME!
Just like the song,
You WPA folks take care of yourself--
And I'll get along.

I do cooking,
Day's work, too!
Alberta K. Johnson--
Madam to you.

poem by Langston Hughes
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Rocky Mountain Suite

up in a meadow in jasper, alberta
Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride
To see the high country and learn of her people
The ways that they live there, the ways that they die
One is a teacher, and one a beginner
Just wanting to be there, wanting to know
And together they're trying to tell us a story
That should have been listened to long, long ago
How the life in the mountains is living in danger
From too many people, too many machines
And the time is upon us, today is forever
Tomorrow is just one of yesterday's dreams
Cold nights in canada and icy blue winds
The man and the mountains are brothers again
Clear waters are laughing, they sing to the skies
The rockies are living, they never will die
Up in a meadow in jasper, alberta
Two men and four ponies on a long, lonesome ride.

song performed by by John Denver
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It is not enough to be good if you have the ability to be better.

quote by Alberta Lee Cox
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Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

quote by Alberta Hunter
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None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that.

quote by Alberta Hunter
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Maybe if I knew music I couldn't do what I am doing.

quote by Alberta Hunter
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Until they put that sand and dirt in my face I will not sit in church all day.

quote by Alberta Hunter
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A Fond Farewell To A Friend

A fond farewell to a friend
That is going
Home to see
His dad
That is sick in
Alberta

poem by Aldo Kraas
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Alberta Sunrise
we reminisce about the good
and bad times

haiku by John Tiong Chunghoo
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You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning.

quote by Toots Thielemans
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Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage.

quote by Stockwell Day
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My Classmates From School Ten

Alberta Conway is dead
My first girl friend
At the age of two
We held hands
In Washington Park-
Francis Malise is dead
With black pigtails
Always the nicest girl
To everyone in our class-
Rudolph Stinney is dead
The Preacher's son
Cocoa colored tall with the angel's voice-

My classmates from School Ten,
We grew up for a while together
Now they are in the ground
And I am still here
More than sixty years later-

It's been a long journey-

I see them in my mind now
Exactly as they were then -

Oh God what becomes of all of us
Oh God for these children,
No longer here.

poem by Shalom Freedman
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Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.

quote by Alberta Hunter
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Your Mothers Son-in-law

Alberta nichols / mann holiner
You dont have to have a hanker
To be a broker or a banker
No siree, just simply be
My mothers son-in-law.
Neednt even think of tryin
To be a mighty social lion
Sipping tea, if youll be
My mothers son-in-law,
Aint got the least desire
To set the world on fire
Just wish youd make it proper
To call my old man papa
You dont have to sing like bledsoe
You can tell the world I said so
Cant you see youve got to be
My mothers son-in-law.
You dont have to sing like jessel
You can tell the world I said so
Cant you see, youve got to be
My mothers son-in-law.

song performed by by Billie Holiday
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The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.

quote by Alberta Hunter
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My Canadian Chronicles 28

Everywhere you go they stood
majestically on the western horizon
the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.
Getting close to them is breathtaking,
standing on them makes you feel
that heaven is not far away.
Everywhere the air is fresh
and sleep at night comes easily
with the thoughts of waking in the morning
to another day in paradise.
It makes you wish you could live here
for the rest of your life.

16 June 2009

poem by David Harris
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