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In the land of the long roads
High, lonesome prairies
Dreamin' of the springtime
First crocus in the snow
Coffee in a go-cup
He's headed for the oil rig
Land of shining mountains
Big Alberta sky
The old man in the castle
Red deer and the battle
Rivers in a dry land
Feed the cities of the plain
But nothin' lasts forever
On the Great Divide
Land of shining mountains
Big Alberta Sky
In the night, I have heard the thunder roll
In my days, I have felt the wind and rain
Like the cowboy said, I wish I'd seen the buffalo
Maybe they'll come back again
He's gonna get up early
Try and make a dollar
The only girl he wanted
Took the Greyhound for the coast
But she was bound for leavin'
She will not forget him
Or the land of shining mountains
Big Alberta sky
Land of shining mountains
Big Alberta sky
- Album:
- Carnero Vaquero
- Raven Singer
- Yellowhead To Yellowstone & Other Love
- Miscellaneous
- Ian Tyson: Live At Longview
- Live At Longview
- Eighteen Inches of Rain
- Old Corrals and Sagebrush & Other Cowboy Culture Classics
- Saddle Bronc Girl
- Cowboyography
- Lost Herd
- Saddle Up! The Cowboy Renaisance
- And Stood There Amazed
- I Outgrew the Wagon
- New Country Magazine: May 1994
- Alberta: Wild Roses Northern Lights
- Songs from the Gravel Road
- Country Loves America
- Alcohol, Blues and Country
- Country Summer