RINGNECK LOON
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1998


Hear the call of the ringneck loon 
Hear the sound he will be home soon.
Hear the cry in the afternoon.

Ringneck loon he knows best
He's a loon and he don't care less.
Ringneck loon away off shore
How could anybody ask for more.

Hear the call of the ringneck loon 
Hear the sound he will be home soon.
Hear the cry in the afternoon.

Ringneck loon, he can't rest
He's a loon and he don't care less.
Ringneck loon around the bend
Been a loon since he don't know when.

Hear the call of the ringneck loon.

City life is what I see
City life is the life for me.
Ringneck loon, he knows best
He's a  loon and he don't care less.

Hear the cry of the ringneck loon 
Hear the sound he will be here soon.
Hear the cry in the afternoon.

Ringneck loon, you can't rest
You're a loonie and you don't care less 
Ringneck loon, my old friend
Been a loon since he don't know when.

Hear the call of the ringneck loon.

City life is what I see,
City life is the life for me.
Ringneck loon, away off shore
How could anybody ask for more.

Hear the cry of the ringneck loon 
Hear the sound he will be home soon 
Hear the cry in the afternoon.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)