The Jeannie C

11.The Jeannie C 4:43
Stan Rogers / Fogarty’s Cove and Cole Harbor Music Ltd. (SOCAN)

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The Canadian songwriter Stan Rogers (1949-1983) wrote dozens of wonderful songs in his all-too-short life. Some of the best, like this one, were those in which he illuminates the lives of Canadian working people. I believe it's a sign of a great songwriter that the inner logic of the words makes them easy to learn; this one about a fisherman's grief at a catastrophic accident that costs him the boat that has been his partner throughout his working life practically sings itself.

Guitar in open C, plus a drizzling of concertina.