Name: Take Me Down to the Main Street
Duration: P00H03M34S
Description: The Main Street in question is Boulevard Saint-Laurent, the backbone of Montreal leading up from the old port, where generations of immigrants first settled. I settled there myself, even though I immigrated via Mirabel airport, rather than by sea. PH

Take Me Down to the Main Street

from Saint-Quentin by BluesReel

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The Main Street in question is Boulevard Saint-Laurent, the backbone of Montreal leading up from the old port, where generations of immigrants first settled. I settled there myself, even though I immigrated via Mirabel airport, rather than by sea. PH

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Take me down to the Main Street

Take me down to the main street, where I’ve often walked before
We can find someplace to go, where we can drink & talk some more
I want to check places that I used to go
Maybe see old faces that I used to know
Some of them you wouldn’t want to know

When I first came to the main street, from three thousand miles away
It wore an aura of seedy romance, and the smell of sweet decay
With my young eyes wide I looked all around
Poets and barflies, they were thick on the ground
Some of them are my good friends now

When I first lived on the main street, I was as broke as I could be
I’d beg soup bones from the butcher’s shop, get ten cups from a bag of tea
I’d fill my pockets at the grocery store
Buy some milk & head for the door
Somehow I never got caught

When I walked out on the main street, in my young bohemian days
I knew it was the place for me, I knew I could always stay
But now I’m older, got a family
I moved all the way out to NDG
But some of that main street’s in me still.

© Patrick Hutchinson, 1990, SOCAN

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from Saint-Quentin, released October 2, 2020
P. Hutchinson, SOCAN 1990

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BluesReel Montreal, Québec

BluesReel is a harmonica-guitar duo inspired by the folk tradition from both sides of the Atlantic. Based in Montreal, BluesReel plays a compelling repertoire of traditional tunes, blues and original compositions. A bit of rawk and roll has also been known to creep in to the mix. ... more

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