Allan J. Ryan Music
Cover of Allan J. Ryan’s album I’m Goin’ Back to University When I Die
Album Songs
I’m Goin’ Back to University When I Die
(formerly released on vinyl as Allan J. Ryan – But What Does He Do?)
| Song Title | Listen |
Songbook |
| Leapin’ Lily | Listen | Lyrics |
| David’s Song | Listen | Lyrics |
| My Canadian Maid | Listen | Lyrics |
| I’m Goin’ Back to University When I Die | Listen | Lyrics |
| Michigan Wind | Listen | Lyrics |
| Is That All I Get? | Listen | Lyrics |
| Grey Rain | Listen | Lyrics |
| Honeymoon Darlin’ | Listen | Lyrics |
| Thoughts of You | Listen | Lyrics |
| Nighthawk | Listen | Lyrics |
For You To Know Me
| Song Title | Listen |
Songbook |
| For You To Know Me | Listen | Lyrics |
| The House with the Mandarin Doorway | Listen | Lyrics |
| Crawfish | Listen | Lyrics |
| Green Velvet and Fine White Lace | Listen | Lyrics |
| I’m Goin’ Back to University When I Die | Listen | Lyrics |
| The Russian Circus | Listen | Lyrics |
| My Canadian Maid | Listen | Lyrics |
| Haggadah—Testament | Listen | Lyrics |
| Harlequin Haven | Listen | Lyrics |
| Christmas Morning, Bang! Bang! | Listen | Lyrics |
Singles
Honeymoon Darlin’ b/w Is That All I Get?
Thoughts of You b/w My Canadian Maid
Nighthawk b/w David’s Song
For You to Know Me b/w I’m Goin’ Back to University When I Die
PM Pierre/My Judy Lamarshmellow Doll, Capitol Records
True Fine Virginia/Be My Friend, Columbia Records
Other Songs
| Song Title | Listen |
Songbook |
| Be My Friend | Listen | Lyrics |
| My Judy LaMarshmellow Doll | Listen | Lyrics |
| True Fine Virginia | Listen | Lyrics |
PM Pierre
In 2015 I revisited Trudeaumania through song:
http://carleton.ca/fass/2015/prof-allan-j-ryan-revisits-trudeaumania-through-song/
In the opening pages of his 2016 book, Trudeaumania, Paul Litt, my colleague in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, liberally quoted the lyrics from the song, PM Pierre, that I wrote and recorded on Capitol Records in 1968.
Below you can listen to two versions of the song:
PM Pierre (Official Capitol Records recording)
PM Pierre (Allan J. Ryan live on CBC Radio’s Russ Thompson Show)
Read Nick Ward’s story on Trudeaumania in the 2017 edition of FASSinate Magazine here: https://carleton.ca/history/2017/trudeaumania-featured-latest-issue-fassinate/. Trudeaumania won the Canadian Historical Association’s Political History Prize for Best Book of 2016.