The theme for this edition of Stranger Songs is "Just Who Was It Who Wrote That Song?"
These are songs that have been widely covered by other artists, or that were hits by other artists, but these versions are by the original songwriters.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Me and Bobby McGee Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Monument |
| Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson) Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds - Vanguard
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| You Were On My Mind (Sylvia Tyson) Ian & Sylvia - Northern Journey - Vanguard
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| Darcy Farrow Steve Gillette - Steve Gillette - Vanguard |
| Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook - Warner Archives/Rhino
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| Heart Like a Wheel (Anna McGarrigle) Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| Talk to Me of Mendocino (Kate McGarrigle) Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister: Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Nonesuch
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| Everybody's Talkin' Fred Neil - The Many Sides of Fred Neil - Collectors’ Choice Music |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| The Unicorn Shel Silverstein - Inside Folk Songs - Water |
| City of New Orleans Steve Goodman - No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology - Red Pajamas |
| The Dutchman Michael Smith - Michael Smith/Love Stories - Flying Fish |
| Freight Train Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes - Smithsonian Folkways |
| San Francisco Bay Blues Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues - Good Time Jazz |
| Gentle On My Mind John Hartford - Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals - RCA |
| Mr. Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker - Five Years Gone - Atco |
| The Brand New Tennessee Waltz Jesse Winchester - Jesse Winchester - Stony Plain
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| Sonny's Dream Ron Hynes - Face to the Gale - Artisan Music
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| Morning Dew Bonnie Dobson - Take Me for a Walk in the Morning Dew - Hornbeam
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| Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell - Clouds - Reprise
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| Hallelujah Leonard Cohen - Various Positions - Columbia
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| Daydream Believer John Stewart - The Lonesome Picker Rides Again - Collectors’ Choice Music |
| Pancho & Lefty Townes Van Zandt - Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos - Omnivore |
| The Last Thing On My Mind Tom Paxton - The Compleat Tom Paxton (Even Compleater) - Rhino Handmade |
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7:54 PM, July 1st, 2022