JUDY COLLINS - "My Father" LIVE 2002 

one of the best songs ever written

I remember the first time I saw her in concert--in 1972--and my life was changed forever. I've been to every one of her concerts in Minnesota since then. It is now 2021.

After all these years, she brings me unbridled joy. Nobody like her then, and especially since.

I have loved Judy's voice and Judy since I first heard her sing in 1965! What a talent she has!

Perfection personified. Exquisite, tender, sweet, memorable and... utterly moving!

nothing else to say but, "god bless you, judy collins. you have been and continue to be an inspiration to me in my own career." a consummate musician, composer and performer.

Saw her with Stephen Stills approx 1 year ago in San Juan Capistrano. She was 78, and her voice is still perfect. Every time she sang, I cried.

This is truly poetry with music

Sheer genius. Speechless. Incomparable.

such a beautiful lady, song, and voice!

OMG! Her voice is just like it was decades ago.

This is so beautiful!

Her voice and music are so beautiful and compelling! I am also in awe of "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" by CSNY -- the music they must have made together would have been awesome.

judy collins is my favorite.

Always brings me to tears.

Just wonderful. I saw you Ms Judy at you Carnegie Hall debut. Memories as such never fad

Like many other songs I know as covers by a variety of artists, I came upon this through the 4AD collective, This Mortal Coil. Well, better to discover beautiful music in any way, which leads me to the original. This song is so pretty, and Judy's voice is magnificent!

So very beautiful.

Why does she always have to change songs when they were perfect. Love the OLD way she sang this. Beautiful songs don't need to be changed.

warm and loving as always. love her.

SO lovely and touching

I’ve bought a few of her CDs now after listening to this song. She has such a pure voice and is such a talented pianist. Thank you Judy for many hours of relaxation and pure joy at listening to your singing ❤

pure Celtic voice.... anyone who hasn't that ancestry can't sing this ethereally.

DELIGHTFUL,THANKYOU

We gave this one plenty of spins at WHCN-FM in Connecticut.

Merci

!!!...

Lovely song, beautifully sung. Also give a listen to Peggy Lee's exquisite version of this song.

Yes~ 🗝💟🎶🕊

i love you lolo.....

The same year my father died. I remembered how all my older siblings moved on and I was the youngest still stuck at home. It wasn't easy living with my parents. They had their dreams and I had mine. Although there was nothing wrong with that, we couldn't live together without many clashes. It was a regular day on June 20, 2002 when the doorbell rang, only to have someone inform us that my father passed away suddenly from an aortic anyuresym : (

N Y er who lived in Paris ♥️🦄🌹👀

Correction - No Big Deal. In the UK it was first released in 1966 on her album 'In My Life'?

My father always promised us That we would live in France We'd go boating on the Seine And I would learn to dance We lived in Ohio then He worked in the mines On his dreams like boats We knew we would sail in time All my sisters soon were gone To Denver and Cheyenne Marrying their grownup dreams The lilacs and the man I stayed behind the youngest still Only danced alone The colors of my father's dreams Faded without a sound And I live in Paris now My children dance and dream Hearing the ways of a miner's life In words they've never seen I sail my memories of home Like boats across the Seine And watch the Paris sun Set in my father's eyes again My father always promised us That we would live in France We'd go boating on the Seine And I would learn to dance I sail my memories of home Like boats across the Seine And watch the Paris sun Set in my father's eyes again

she could sing this without the piano and i'd bet it would be as good or better