Donovan also did a moving version of Buffy St Marie's song, Universal Soldier. It's part of his greatest hits collection. Here are the lyrics.
Universal Soldier
He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,He fights with missiles and with spears.He's all of thirty-one, and he's only sevente
Thanks to all of you who replied; I received a lot of great information, and
I'm satisfied that it was Donovan who wrote the song, in the style of Bob
Dylan. Now I'll have to check the leads you all provided.
Thanks again!
From: kallena...@msn.com
To: univcity@list.purple.com; ucneighb
The Wikipedia article on the song (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_the_Wind_%28song%29 ) has lots of details on
the various artists that have covered it over the years, as well as an
explanation of why it was re-recorded for Donovan's Greatest Hits album.
On Jan 10, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Joe
Karen, Without checking the official sources, I'm going to say that Donovan
Leitch wrote the song, and that Dylan has enough of his own songs and
doesn't have to mooch any off of Donovan. Donovan did at least two versions
of his own song: One strictly acoustic and owing a lot to
Dylan's style. It
Yesterday I was playing with a new flash drive that connects you to radio
stations from all over the world. I came across an oldies station that at one
point played a beautiful version of "Catch the Wind" that I had never heard
before and was different from the one recorded by Donovan. I tried
