Bobcaygeon Songs

The little town of Bobcaygeon ON (population 3525) has no less than 3 songs attributed.

The Tragically Hip sang about Bobcaygeon on their 1998 album Phantom Power:

Here is Bev Marie’s “There’s A Little Town” released as a 45 in 1971:

In 1972 Robert Armes released the rare out of print LP “Songs for Icarus” which contained the track Bobcaygeon:

As an addendum, the lyrics from the Tragically Hip song contain the lines:

That night in Toronto 
With its checkerboard floors 
Riding on horseback 
And keepin' order restored
'Til the men, they couldn't hang 
Stepped to the mic and sang
And their voices rang
With that Aryan twang

Which is a reference to the night when “The Men They Couldn’t Hang” played “The Ghosts of Cable Street” live at the Horseshoe Tavern.

So here’s a version of that too - TMTCH were one helluva band.

Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 2000.