''Songs of a Prairie Girl'' is the third (and last) in Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's series of compilations. Mitchell writes in the liner notes to the CD that the compilation is her contribution to

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

's Centennial Celebration and that the songs of the album reference Saskatchewan. Although Mitchell was born in neighboring

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, when she was eleven years old her family settled in

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as th ...

, Saskatchewan, which Mitchell considers her hometown.

Track listing

All songs written by Joni Mitchell, except "

Unchained Melody "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film '' Unchained'' (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack.Robert Rodr ...

" written by

Hy Zaret Hy Zaret (born Hyman Harry Zaritsky, August 21, 1907 – July 2, 2007) was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer who wrote the lyrics of the 1955 hit " Unchained Melody," one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century. Person ...

and

Alex North Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (one of the first jazz-based film scores), '' Viva Zapata!'', '' S ...

. # "Urge for Going" – 5:08 # "The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)" – 4:54 # "Cherokee Louise" (orchestral version) – 6:01 # "Ray's Dad's Cadillac" – 4:33 # "Let the Wind Carry Me" – 3:56 # "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" – 6:38 # " Raised on Robbery" – 3:07 # "Paprika Plains" (Remix) – 16:19 # "Song for Sharon" – 8:37 # "

River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

" – 4:05 # "Chinese Café/Unchained Melody" – 5:18 # "Harlem in Havana" – 4:27 # "Come In from the Cold" (edit) – 3:38

References

Joni Mitchell compilation albums 2005 compilation albums {{2000s-compilation-album-stub