For Kate McGarrigle’s Birthday- In Honor Of The Late Kate McGarrigle- "Talk To Me Of Mendocino" With Rufus And Martha Wainwright

In Honor Of The Late Kate McGarrigle- "Talk To Me Of Mendocino" With Rufus And Martha Wainwright

Click on the title to link to a "You Tube" film clip of Kate McGarrigle and her son and daughter. Rufus and Martha Wainwright, performing her classic "Talk To Me Of Mendocino" that she wrote to honor Lena Spenser of Caffe Lena in Saratoga, New York.


In this series, presented under the headline “Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By”, I will post some songs that I think will help us get through the “dog days” of the struggle for our communist future. I do not vouch for the political thrust of the songs; for the most part they are done by pacifists, social democrats, hell, even just plain old ordinary democrats. And, occasionally, a communist, although hard communist musicians have historically been scarce on the ground. Thus, here we have a regular "popular front" on the music scene. While this would not be acceptable for our political prospects, it will suffice for our purposes here.

Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle Lyrics

"Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle (talk To Me Of) Mendocino lyrics"

(I bid farewell to the state of ol' New York
My home away from home
In the state of New York I came of age
When first I started roaming
And the trees grow high in New York state
And they shine like gold in Autumn
Never had the blues from whence I came
But in New York state I caught 'em

Talk to me of Mendocino
Closing my eyes I hear the sea
Must I wait, must I follow?
Won't you say "Come with me?"

And it's on to Southbend, Indiana
Flat out on the western plain
Rise up over the Rockies and down on into California
Out to where but the rocks remain

And let the sun set on the ocean
I will watch it from the shore
Let the sun rise over the redwoods
I'll rise with it till I rise no more

Talk to me of Mendocino
closing my eyes, I hear the sea
Must I wait, must I follow?
Won't you say "Come with me?"