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| Kate McGarrigle – Go Leave Lyrics
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Supposedly Kate wrote this song about her husbamd at the time, Loudon Wainwright. They split up shortly after the birth of their oldest child Rufus in July 1973, but got toghther again within the next two years and had their second child, Martha, in May 1976. They finally divorced in 1977, but did continue to work toghther as muscians up until Kate's death. |
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| Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle – Matapedia Lyrics
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The "Daighter of Kate", Martha, in the song refers to an actual real life person - Kate McGarrigle's daughter Martha Wainwright, who also sing backing on the track.
Matapedia is a river in Canada, and likewise a place. It's a town located on the Quebec/New Brunswick border, where the Matapedia river becomes one with the Restigouch River, eventually flowing out into the Chaleur Bay. This point is also the start of the Appalachians. |
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| Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle – Love Over and Over Lyrics
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While most of the song probably does not have any particular meaning, there is a Reference to another one of the songs. "You ask me how I feel, I said my heart is like a wheel, why don't you listen to it some time?" Is a direct reference to Anna McGarrigle penned song "Heart Like A Wheel", a 1974 hit for Linda Ronstadt that got the sisters a recording contract with Warner Bros. |
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| Emmylou Harris – Darlin' Kate Lyrics
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Emmylou Harris wrote this song in honour of Canadian singer-song writer Catherine "Kate" McGarrigle. She was part of the duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle with her big sister Anna, and both were very good friends of Emmylou's since they learned to kniw eachother in the 1980s. Kate died from cancer in 2010, and this song was Emmylou's response. In interviews, she has said she was actually there and kissed her brow as she died. |
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