COUCHICHING
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 2004


There's a town they call Orillia
It is there of which I sing
It is just above Lake Simcoe
By Lake Couchiching.

Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Cououchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching.

Across the raging Narrows
Casino Rama stands
Where there once were only sparrows
People come from other lands.

To the west lie hills aplenty
If skiing is your thing
You can while away the summer
By Lake Couchiching.

Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Cououchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching.

In Orillia they had movies
And sports and music too
And all around the shoreline
The folks that we all knew.

Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Cououchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching.

Now I've spent my life in travel
Now I've spent my life in dust
Now I've spent my life in family
Now I've spent my life in trust.

Any way you'd like to cut it
It'll hit you with a ping
When you think about Orillia
And it's by Lake Couchiching.

Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Cououchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching.

When I get my final slumber
When I pawn my diamond ring
I will do my final number
By Lake Couchiching.

Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Cououchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching, Couchiching, by Lake Couchiching
Couchiching.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)