Yankee Lady (Bob Porter & Stan Smith) with lyrics and video

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Yankee Lady (Bob Porter & Stan Smith) with lyrics and video

#2004: YouTube video by firstchoicehandyman ©2011
~ Used with permission ~

I lived with the decent folks in the hills of old Vermont,
Where what you do all day depends on what you want;
And I took up with a woman there, though I was just a kid,
And I smile like the sun to think of the loving that we did.

Rose each morning and went to work, she kept me with her pay,
And I was making love all night and playing guitar all day;
And I got me apple cider and homemade bread to make a man say grace,
Clean linens on my bed and a warm fire place.

Yankee lady so good to me,
Yankee lady just a memory;
Yankee lady so good to me,
Your memories will have to do for me.

An autumn walk on a country road with a million flaming trees,
And I was feeling uneasy 'cause there was winter in the breeze;
And she said, "Oh Jesse, look over there, the birds are southward bound,
Oh Jesse, I'm so afraid to lose all this love that we found."

Yankee lady so good to me,
Yankee lady just a memory;
Yankee lady so good to me,
Your memories will have to do for me.

I don't know what called to me, I know I have to go,
And I left that Vermont town with a lift down to sunny Mexico;
And now when I see myself as a stranger by my birth,
Yankee lady's memory reminds me of my worth.

Yankee lady so good to me,
Yankee lady just a memory;
Yankee lady so good to me,
Your memories will have to do for me.

####.... Jesse Winchester ©1970 ....####

Originally recorded by Jesse Winchester on his self-titled album (Jesse Winchester, trk#6, 1970 LP, Ampex; 1976 LP, Bearsville Records; 1988 LP, Rhino/Bearsville; 1995 CD, Stony Plain; 2006, remastered CD, Wounded Bird Records).

From Wikipedia:
Jesse Winchester (born James Ridout Winchester; 1944) - musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada in 1967, which is where and when he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting recordings were of his own tunes, Yankee Lady in 1970 and Say What in 1981. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973, gained amnesty in the United States in 1977, and resettled there in 2002. In 2011 Jesse Winchester was diagnosed with cancer of the aesophagus and had to undergo treatment for the next couple of months. Winchester has since been given the all clear from his doctor and has resumed touring.

The YouTube video above features Bob Porter with Stan Smith performing with permission to record this song from Jesse Winchester.

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