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Until It's Time for You to Go
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Wikipedia article
"'Until It's Time for You to Go'" is a song from the 1965 album 'Many a Mile' by Canadian singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie included a French-language reworking of the song, "T'es pas un autre", on her 1967 album 'Fire & Fleet & Candlelight'. French translation was made by Quebecer songwriter Claude Gauthier.
The song has been recorded by many other singers.
Background
The lyrics concern an ordinary man and woman who love each other, but cannot stay together because they come from different worlds. The singer asks her (or, when sung by a man, his) lover: "Don't ask why / Don't ask how / Don't ask forever / Love me now." According to Sainte-Marie, the song "popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me."[http://www.creative-native.com/lyrics/untillyr.htm Until It's Time for You to Go], Buffy Sainte-Marie website.
"The Flower and the Apple Tree"
Featured as a B-side to the Sainte-Marie's single release of "Until It's Time for You to Go" is the rarity "The Flower and the Apple Tree", an original song that was exclusive to the single.
Notable cover versions
*It was a UK Top 20 hit for British group The Four Pennies in 1965.
*In 1970, Neil Diamond went to #11 on the US Easy Listening chart and #53 on the US Hot 100.
*In 1972, Elvis Presley released the song, which peaked at #40 on the US Hot 100, and #9 on the US Easy Listening chart.
*In 1973, New Birth featuring future Supremes member Susaye Greene recorded a version of the song, which peaked at #21 on the US Hot Soul Singles chart.
References
Category:1965 songs
Category:1965 singles
Category:1970 singles
Category:1972 singles
Category:Buffy Sainte-Marie songs
Category:New Birth (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Buffy Sainte-Marie
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