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Caribou Eclectic - 2003

by Ross Douglas

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1.
Solebakke 04:06
SOLEBAKKE For 8 straight years up 22 steps in the Wells apartments here on Solebakke Avenue I have hauled my stuff and I've set up house And done the things that certain Solebakke people do Chorus Solebakke - Nagasaki Not much in common but a little bit of thyme Solebakke - Nagasaki Live on one I'm gonna sing about the other sometime For 8 straight years I have gone to work I've left my penthouse suite on Solebakke Avenue I a have been a cook and a cat and a captain A bumble bee I o the things i like to do Chorus Bridge For 8 straight years the television joys of the CBC For 8 straight years the telephone company messin with me For 8 straight years at my place of play I hear it twice by the end of the day Immortal words ringing loud and true "Turn to your left say How do ya Do - oo -oo For 8 straight years there's many a face I only see while i live on Solebakke Aveny As I drive away after Labour day - There's a fondness for the face of nearly every one of you Chorus Ross Douglas SOCAN
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STROMVILLE 04:09
STROMVILLE At the very end of Stromville over on the 1 mile side I would say it always hits me there With the lake off in the distance and the shoulder right beside Showing track of both the moose and bear Chorus Hold it up beyond all reason Hold it up you summer boy Hold it up another season sitting in this place of joy Hold it up from creek to river Hold it up from tree to tree Hold it up another season how it got a hold on me I was singing to the river for to let my troubles go On the morning of a crazy man As I looked off in the distance With the marshes all aglow It would seem to be a perfect plan Bridge Every pick up that is passing has a large dog in the back You know they must be local - without one it’s a crime And then a stream of quite hung over folk go rolling to the site To don their daily costume and travel back in time Musical Interlude Every season I am greeted by some 90 days of rain Smatterings of sunshine and thunder in the sky Every time I am away from here I want it back again A regular returnee with lots of reasons why I hold up Hold it beyond all reason – hold beyond certain time Hold it beyond all reason – hold beyond certain time Ross Douglas SOCAN
3.
The Value of Gold Don’t know when we started dreamin – bout a land with nuggets gleamin But soon we all were streaming off to where that oughta be It was a mighty rally – the smart ones didn’t dally We journeyed to this valley of the great discovery Chorus Where you are what you find or can neatly designg Or have shifted or serviced or sold Break you back or rack your brain we’re all lookin for the same Something worthy the value of gold So our dreams did not unravel - not for all the toil and travel They’re sitting in the gravel of this place we wanna be Some of us are thriving – some of us are just surviving Whatever way we’re striving there is but one guarantee Chorus Musical Interlude We’ve heard bout Mr. Barker Heard bout Mr. Cameron The other ones they’re clamorin bout in our community So the rest of us are driven – with whatever skills we’re given We’re dreamin bout and living for our own discovery Chorus Ross Douglas SOCAN
4.
More Alive 03:20
More Alive V1 Well there's a thing when I'm there with you Yea there's a thing when we get talking And so I say without a moment's worth of jive Ah I'm more alive V2 You drive me mad - yeah you know you do You drive me mad and you enjoy it And yet i know it's on these comforts i survive Ah I'm more alive Bridge Couldn't tell ya where it sits Couldn't say what bill it fits It's in a world of its own There it is in black and white it's a plain as day and night How you so easily move me V3 So many times I'm never sure So many things roll up like paper at my door And yet i know upon the moment you arrive Musical Interlude So many times I'm never sure So many things roll up like paper at my door And yet i know upon the moment you arrive Ross Douglas SOCAN
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Kokanee Canary Canoe Hey don’t you brood if your mood is a sourin Come to the Bowron it’s waiting for you There neath the moon you will soon stop your glowerin I’ll take you out in my Kokanee Canary Canoe There in the night if the bugs start to bite We’ll just think bout the birds and the bees There on the lake we’ll partake of the woo When I’m with you in my Kokanee Canary Canoe Far from the hustle and bustle we’ll glide away Into the evening out under the stars We’ll find the dance of romance in our hideaway Soon, very soon, very soon Just you and I and the deep purple sky As we ponder the wonders of love Ah - it will seem like a dream has come true When I’m with you in my Kokanee Canary Canoe We can skedaddle and paddle and ooo Plenty of things in my Kokanee Canary Canoe Kokanee Canary we’ll be makin merry Kokanee Canary Canoe Ross Douglas SOCAN
6.
Worlds Apart 04:38
WORLDS APART V1 In upper Wells comin down the hill The air is sweet the moments fill with warmth and gentle sound By all accounts it’s a summer’s night –but the legion it's a different sight It’s Christmas all year round Colored lights on the walls and trees there in a distant glow Take me back to a time some time ago Chorus When we were worlds apart in a world together Nothing much to say In a place for the folks who saved our world another world away Now we’re worlds apart in a world together Nothing left to fear See this world a little more clearly every time I’m here V2 When I came up here back in 94 the legion didn’t mean much more Than a place for takeout beer And they sized me up with a jaundiced eye – I was just some summer guy And probably a queer Not exactly a flying start all those hackles raised But that was a time from a time so long ago Chorus Bridge They were moments near forgotten and humorous in the main Til another world took another spin and moved this world again V3 There’s a flag I put out for my dad it reminded him when his health was bad Of me he said with his usual reserve It’s the flag I see most every day by the legion near the words that say “In memory of all of those who served” Memories join on a summers here upon this hill The colored lights meet the flag and my dad and me Last Chorus We were worlds apart in a world together- not that much to say He was one of those folks who saved this world another world away Now we’re worlds apart in a world together Nothing left to fear See his world a little more clearly ---love my dad a little more dearly From the colored lights on a summer’s night and the flag and the hill Ross Douglas SOCAN
7.
Quelle D’omage Well a pretty little lady said “Quelle d’omage I wanna make some money from my new garage" So she put out a sign on her front lawn Sayin “I wanna feel C’est bon C’est bon” A tall drink o water named One Eyed Jack He had a long sleek satellite Cadillac He saw the sign and he said “Hon You’re gonna feel C’est bon C’est Bon!” So - he drove on up and he drove it on in Backed it out and drove it right in again All in all it was a perfect fit He said “That didn’t hurt not a little old bit” The One Eyed Jack he said “Oo la la This pretty little lady got a fine cha cha" So in a tiny little maison sur la plage The made C’est Bon C’est Bon from Quelle D’omage He drove on up and he drove it on in Backed it out and drove it right in again All in all it was a perfect fit He said “That didn’t hurt not a little old bit” The pretty little lady said “Oo la la That One Eyed Jack – he got a got a fine cha cha So in a tiny little maison sur la plage The made C’est Bon C’est Bon from Quelle D’omage Ross Douglas SOCAN
8.
Here’s to the Fools Here’s to the fools who work upon the street Who conjure up a treat for all the passers by and Here’s to the fool with a vigour and a style Who can wake the tired soul and Here’s to the fools with an arsenal of ways To brighten up the days of everyone they see And here’s to the fools with a simple turn of phrase Who can show what fools we mortals be Chorus Many the costume common the crown Song or scene or story Many the country common the ground Of fools in all their glory Here’s to the fools who juggle all the rules Who seem to take you to another time and place And here’s to the fools who entertain the fools who have Left another place behind And here’s to the fools who are of better stock Than all the useless rock you put their name upon We are the fold who are as good as gold When we lead you to your laughter. Chorus Fools Fools
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Driving To Quesnel V1 Well I set out in the early morn go curving round the lake Past all the gold adventure tours that no one seems to take I roll up Devils canyon in a cool and steady climb An when I pass the Stanley road I’m making perfect time V2 I start to hope round every curve that wildlife will appear It’s slightly disappointing now when all I see is deer I wanna see some big horn moose and best of all some bear Come on you furry reprobates I know that you’re out there Chorus Drive through 40 miles of trees just to get some groceries Passin honkin great RVs I wish would go to hell Rollin down through sun and rain mist and cloud and sun again Drivin to Quesnel Drivin to Quesnel V3 The flowers bloom on either side so red they seem to bleed I see a hundred tiny roads and wonder where they lead As I pass through Wingdam man I always have to stare my my my my my Just like every time before there ain’t nobody there Chorus Middle rap Up a hill and round a bend – down a hill round again Pass abandoned mining gear – little more clear cut every year Lonely cabins in the trees start to fade in small degrees Half awake and feelin good glidin on through Cottonwood I drive for 50 minutes and I drop 2000 feet Coming to the big left turn the journey is complete With popping ears I turn to face the things I know so well A giant nugget in a pan and one gigantic too famiiar smell Chorus Ross Douglas SOCAN
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Lovin Time 03:34
Lovin Time V1 It’s lovin time again the stars caress the sky A million tiny eyes are sparkling in the dew One small number there beside the door It don’t know the score but I do V2 It’s lovin time again the moon she overflows And everybody glows in a mystical hue One small picture there upon the wall It don’t need the call but I do B section Foolish ecstasy you had all of me Every day was a song Now some tattered and lingering melody Turns out all wrong V3 The sun comes out again on it’s appointed rounds A million tiny sounds are jabberin in the blue One small memory on me like a stain It don’t feel the pain but I do Music Interlude B section V 3 Ross Douglas SOCAN
11.
Pooley Street Stomp V1 Got myself a pretty twenty dollar bill Gonna have a little fun from here to Barkerville Got a little feeling that I can’t be beat Got a meeting with my baby up on Pooley Steet Oh yeah my we’ll be shaking the blues away V2 All week long workin at the mine Lookin on to Saturday a quittin time Gonna be steppin out and look my best Gonna have a little fun til I forget the rest And oh my – we’ll be shakin the blues away Chorus Where do we meet? On Pooley street Now where’s the beat? on Pooley Street Pooley Street we’re shakin the blues away V3 Tighten up the buttons on my one good suit Divvy up a quarter for a fine cheroot Boppin down the Avenue and golly gee There’s ella with a fella in a Model T And Oh my they’re shakin the blues away Chorus Musical Interlude V4 Air is cool but the band is hot Everybody givin everything they got Silver moon up in the sky Heard about the boppin so it’s stopping by And oo my she’ll be shinin and designing down on our delight on Satday night Chorus Ross Douglas SOCAN
12.
WELLS 03:43
WELLS It took a while to know the fellas in the mine The ones who lied to get the job the ones who’ve done some time But the bunch of us got lucky and I know There’s no other place I’d rather be with nowhere else to go Wells - where my future’s in the ground When I chance to look around there’s more and more to meet the eye Wells – I feel your attributes take hold Just like the gold that’s in this mountain and the silver that’s shining in the sky A lot of us have gotten pretty sly If Freddie sees us smoking we can kiss this job goodbye And the bunch of us – we want to stick around Cuz we’ve got money in our pockets and we’re tearin up the town Wells – where you get bitten head to toe and then it’s 42 below until you think you’re gonna die Wells – you have attained a certain glow Just like the gold that’s in this mountain and the silver that’s shining in the sky Freddie’s little town we keep diggin it keeps growin Bugs keep bitin it keeps snowing and the seasons canter by There’s money goin round we keep workin we keep drinkin But a lot of us keep thinkin there’s one thing in short supply Girls, we need girls, like the ones in all our pictures O the thought of that is sweeter than the stuff on Freddie’s pancakes Girls, we need girls, yeah we’re rough but we’re been readied To be steadied by some ladies –with their lips as soft as snowflakes I turned 33 a week ago today---it’ll take til I am 35 to wash this dirt away But I’d rather be a miner with a smell Than some disinfected hobo begging nickels in Quesnel Wells –while there’s a living to be made I here til every vein is played out and there’s nothing left to buy Wells –may you be thankfully repaid For the gold that’s in this mountain And the silver – that shines like the eyes--- of a really, really, really pretty girl Up in the sky Ross Douglas--SOCAN
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Santa Samba 03:10
SANTA SAMBA V1 Santa Claus went on vacation For a little getaway He'd been working thru December Double time til Christmas Day So he found a tiny island and a cabin by the bay Everybody recognized him and this is what they say CHORUS "Hey there Mr. Santa You been good to me You just sit there and relax beneath that mango tree Hey there Santa Santa You're a warm and hearty soul. You'd have to be to live at the North Pole" V2 Santa learned to do the samba and merengue to and fro When he did the Cha Cha Cha we all could hear him "HO HO HO" Every night there on the island he was out there having fun. Every afternoon we could see him playing dominoes in the sun CHORUS AND LIMBO DANCE BREAK V3 Everybody from Santa Rosa right on down to Santa Cruz Heard about old Santa Santa and all the Santa Santa news So they said "Felicidades - from the places where it's hot Hope you teach everybody how to do the samba everywhere it's not" FINAL CHORUS "Hey there Mr. Santa -you been good to me You just sit there and relax beneath that mango tree Hey there Santa Santa you're a warm and hearty soul. You'd have to be a polar bear Wearing thermal underwear You'd have to be to live at the North Pole" SANTA! Words and Music –Ross Douglas SOCAN

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This album was inspired in great part by working and living in the Wells Barkerville area for a number of summers. It was a place ripe with history to delve into and wilderness to enjoy. And yes - it is eclectic.

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released February 24, 2021

This Album was originally recorded in 2003 at various locations

Beat Productions - with engineer Peter Kilgour
Voxx Foxx Productions - with engineer Miles Fox
Kat Tracks Productions - with engineer Alan Desnoyers
Twilight Sound - with engineer Steve Mather
W3- with engineer Jim Walchuk

It was produced by Ross Douglas. Peter Kilgour, and Miles Hill.
"Santa Samba" was produced by Ross Douglas and Jim Walchuk

Mastered by Miles Hill of Von Foxx Productions
Final Filtering by David Jewer

The individual musicians are credited on each track

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Ross Douglas Point Roberts, Washington

Ross Douglas is an award winning songwriter with 4 albums of original song and a jaunty performance manner. He is eclectic - with influences of folk, jazz ,pop and theatre weaving their way into his music. He is in many cases a story teller. Check him out at www.rossdouglassongs.com ... more

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