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Florian · 04-10-2000, 11:26 AM

Hi Barry,
Hi Arno,

I have a CD called "The Travellers 1960-1966, This Land Is Your Land".

On this CD, The Travellers perform the song "Black Fly".

In the liner notes I found the following:

"The humorous "Black Flies" had been written by Montrealer Wade Hemsworth after a particularly unpleasant sojourn in northern Ontario in 1949 with a Hydro survey team."

I have searched a little bit around the 'net, but couldn't find the chords to this song anywhere.

To bring this subject "on-topic", I wonder if they had an influence over the young Gordon Lightfoot?

In the liner notes I've read that they had a big success in the fifties and early sixties, paving the ground for Canadian folk songs. Their rendition of "This Land Is Your Land" (using Canadian landmarks) was supposedly one of the first songs that celebrated Canada in its lyrics.

04-10-2000, 11:26 AM	#5
Florian Moderator Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 266	Hi Barry, Hi Arno, I have a CD called "The Travellers 1960-1966, This Land Is Your Land". On this CD, The Travellers perform the song "Black Fly". In the liner notes I found the following: "The humorous "Black Flies" had been written by Montrealer Wade Hemsworth after a particularly unpleasant sojourn in northern Ontario in 1949 with a Hydro survey team." I have searched a little bit around the 'net, but couldn't find the chords to this song anywhere. To bring this subject "on-topic", I wonder if they had an influence over the young Gordon Lightfoot? In the liner notes I've read that they had a big success in the fifties and early sixties, paving the ground for Canadian folk songs. Their rendition of "This Land Is Your Land" (using Canadian landmarks) was supposedly one of the first songs that celebrated Canada in its lyrics.