Stompin' Tom Connors - Tillsonburg

[DicksPC]

Ya,I dont think any Canadian will ever forget Stompin Tom Eh !!! Lol

[nicsamable]

oh by the way

that was the Maple Leaf Hotel

in Timmins

[nicsamable]

it was long ago when Tom

not quite stompin stopped in

I've got no money for room rent

He said can ya sing

So Tommy sang a maple leaf song

In the Maple leaf hotel

he brought em in on Saturday night

and when they left

they felt all right

[lovebaked]

My Grandpa just recently passed away, he used to work with Stompin Tom in Tillsonburg. Seeing him on TV made my grandpa soo happy. :) He always remembered him singing and playing guitar for everyone while they were on breaks.

[kretincooper]

@lovebaked Thanks for sharing that!

[50ryanmc]

christ sake whats up with the crowd. some of em look dead. id be up and giviner

[bradyfitzy]

WOOT I LIVE IN TILLSONBURG

[jdburke1992]

Worked in Otterville Ontario in the late 90"s, I can relate to this song quite well. I didn't prime though, I just drove the boat.....with a tractor and not a horse!

[noodlesmealey]

My brokeback still aches when I hear the words western kanada

[Tesiay]

Reminds me of how my knees hurt every time I drove by a place where I unloaded trucks.

[MultiJiles]

Stompin Tom spent 200,000 to produce this for CBC and they wouldnt even put it on tv. CBC is crap

[KillerCraig8]

6 people are ready to leave.

[noodlesmealey]

potato male box. goes in the front doesnt it?

[Dreamthief8338]

god i love this man

[TheHappynot]

So I guess his back really aches by the time the songs over.

[FaithlessOrange]

Ya love songs named after my town ;)

[Paetaor]

I used to wear oil skin pants fishing off the coast of NS. I was so tall at 14 years old that we had to glue an extra 6-7 inches to a pair of my dads pants for me to use.

[BLanger37]

i live in Woodstock, right down the road from Tillsonburg

[theblogforyou]

delhi is actually the tobacoo capital of canada, ahah! is he from tilsonburg??

[Jourell1]

@theblogforyou Stompin Tom grew up in Skinners Pond PEI. As understand it though he did work in Tillsonburg for a while, which inspired the song

[SuperSeth132]

5 peoples back still aches when they hear that word ..

[LeafsParadeRoute08]

5 people aren't Canadian

[bmahony9912]

where is that ^()*_*))_((&@@ boat driver!

[senseit2007]

The heart of tobacco country is really Delhi. But.. It doesn't have the same ring to it as "Tillsonburg!"

Stompin Tom rules!

[greatgazu]

"How many more loads"? FUCK!!!!!3?

[ralphyization]

I'm form the Sault, but my back still aches when I hear that word..... hoo hoo!!!

[marianastrenchluvr23]

my boy ryan suggested him to me.........and i love it :) proud to be canadian, baby

[diskman3001]

His Voice = Sound of Canada and unchanged!

[doubledash100]

the 4 people who disliked this video like rap. rap stands for retards attempting poetry

[soulfulllee]

Stompin Tom....He IS Canadian!. Travelled most of Canada since the 60's and loved how he captured the heart of who we are.

[oldtrout1000]

Right on soulfulllee !

[mattman18CDN]

The Canadian Johnny Cash

[J0j0jake]

i live close to tillsonburg, stompin tom was my family's favourite singer

[jmbthegreat]

4 people who have watched this video arn't canadian

[weirdy17]

@jmbthegreat or they live in tillsonburg

[dvideto]

Iam going for a smoke.

[nickatnoon61]

@dvideto LMAO!!!

[Auststock1]

I live there hehecheck my vids

[foreverinbluejeans63]

I lived in this town as a young girl,this song is so true to form,a great fave of mine :)

[shelleyginger99]

Stompin' Tom is a Canadian treasure for sure. Grew up in Simcoe, ON...did a little work in Vittoria and Delhi...doesn't matter what town it is...still makes your back hurt lol. Used to sing this with my Papa too...great memories. Thanks Stompin' Tom!!

[thefloyd76]

from simcoe, spent my youth in the leaves!!!

[sinneadfert]

Still love listening to old stompin' tom!!!

[dawson272]

haha tillsonburg isnt even country... keep going south to aylmer, thats the tobacco country

[kirkronic]

@dawson272

yes Aylmer is tobacco country too. same with delhi.. but you have to be a complete FOOL to say that Tillsonburg is NOT tobacco country.

[dawson272]

@kirkronic no i agree but i said tillsonburg in general.. likenorthern country, and western country.. the south and east of tilly burg def do have tobacco but, i do not believe that tillsonburg is the main area where most of the tobacco is produced.. should be delhi in the song lol

[CockyRacingGuy]

@dawson272 In Tom's time Tilsonburg was the home for the migrant field workers. They would set up a tent city in the park.

[dgk990]

holy shit, the crowd is dead...

[MattMonk]

Canadian legend.

[duchbag]

@MattMonk Fuckin right buddy, when I was little my grandpa always listened to this dude. Canadian legend and a half!!!!...where you from dude?

[MattMonk]

@duchbag Better late than never... born and bred in Saskatchewan, how about you?

[duchbag]

@MattMonk Ontario lol

[duchbag]

@MattMonk FUCKING EH!!!!!!

[hankedful]

Always loved this song, "your beds all ready on the bunkhouse floor, if it gets a little chilly you can close the door" haha, cracking me up!!! Saw Tom in Parry Sound Ont. at the Bobby Orr community Centre, summer 1975, would love to him again.

[99sco]

love it

[TreenaStubel]

Horray Stompin' Tom!

[highvoltagechannel]

1:17 lol cute

[szabo728]

My kid loves this song and me too. Alot of Hungarian tobacco pickers.

[318artillery]

this is my favorite song by him. its the song my dad and i always sing together when on a roadtrip. or just whenever we hear it. It brings back many many fond memories of trips to PEI when I was little. thanks for uploading :)

[beachborrel]

i saw,a tale of two countrees,dutch people working,nice emotioneel pictures.hard working on the fields.

[momsmusicfav]

I grew up in the Tobacco fields of Tillsonburg and this song always brought joy. Thank you Tom....

[nacholibre888]

awesome

love mr tom connors

i like ketchup loves tomatoes tho better cuz i from leamington

[turgeon203]

I love it...this has to be the only thread on the entire internet where you get bragging rights for being from tillsonburg! lol!

Born and raised and spent 4 glorious summers working in tobacco on Potters Road!  ♥

[ernie27177]

God bless you Tom Connors. Thanks Youtube

[sarahtedford1]

Stompin Tom is from my Dad's home province not PEI, New Brunswick!!!!

[trshev]

Hi, I'm a Yankee and I just love this guy. He's a Canadian Johnny Cash!!! COOL!!!

[leafsfan00007]

Johnny Cash is the American Stompin Tom

[trshev]

LOL! OK, Touche' on me

[JugglingReferee]

I've been to a lot of concerts in my day. Many in college and a ton for a nice weekend away as I got older.

Best concert ever was 1991 Canada day at Molson Park with the Tragically Hip.

That was, until I went to see STC in my hometown. Mid-90s and nothing has come close.

Everyone from the 6 year olds to the 86 year olds were up and clapping and stomping - pretty much the entire concert. It was truly amazing.

[dahuterschuter]

I just went to his concert in Saint John on Saturday night. The second Saturday in August has been declared Stompin' Tom day in Saint John. He;s such a great performer. He really knows how to work the audience.  When people shouted to him he'd coolly answer back like he does here. Love Stompin' Tom haha.

[Hishqnds]

was it full?

I was thinking of going, but I didn't know if there would any tickets left

[dahuterschuter]

No, not nearly. The lower bowl was barely full.

[Hishqnds]

I should have went

[kokoandyumyum]

im going to see Tom on August 29th at Hamilton Place

[lovemlarge]

I think that as part of the immigration process you should have to memorize at least 3 Stomping Tom songs

[chrissept21]

for sure good thinking

lets take it to the government

[mookergee]

god bless tom, god bless canada, the best country in the world

[thankyoupourlavideo]

That man's a true Canadian!

[sooner70]

Happy Canada day

[del0griffith]

got my ticket for fredericton...so excited!

[Jaytheredneck1]

lol "When my show is done you can do yours eh"

[marcelthecrow]

goin to see stompin august 8th

[sasukecyr]

when he said bend over i was ready to leave lol

[lordschamp]

Thanks so much for representing our province all these years

[johnyoungstewart]

Thank you, from an olde man that has seen "Tompin' Stom" numerous times.

[kokoandyumyum]

hahaha I'm not sure I'll have to ask lollllll I wanted to go to make the xtra money but my parents wouldn't let me

and what's this about a boat hahahaha the Nith River never had boats lolllllllllllll must have been the Thames river hahaha The Mighty Nith he is fun I seen him in Hamilton too that is where I live now..I can still see those little green and red houses in the fields lol

[vcaaron1]

the boat is what they call the machine used to pick tobacco.

still remember using that lava soap trying to get the tar off my hands.

[ShuswapPhoto]

The boat is not the machine. The boat was exactly that , a long narrow boat pulled by horses that tobacco leaves were laid in. In later years the priming machine replaced the boats and horses. You sat and piled leaves in baskets in front of you. The term boatdriver then referred to the guy who pulled the baskets on a wagon up to the kilnyard. Gasoline cleans the tar best. Lord my back aches , I primed in the Simcoe / Vanessa / Delhi area!

[kokoandyumyum]

oh hahaha duh lol ok thanks for the info

[kokoandyumyum]

:p lolllllllllll I grew up in Plattsville and I remember that wasTHE summer job hahaha I never did it ...just smoked the cigarettes hahaha alot of my friends went there though

[SteveWalrus]

Do their backs still ache

when they hear that word?

lol

[SteveWalrus]

Sounds a lot like the song - "Pickin' Time"

[meandfour]

grew up in Aylmer and picked the tobacco trees, grown up now and still smoke

[chickigor]

3 in our family born in Tillsonburg. My mom's back still aches when she hears that word!!

[G2thefarmer]

my back still aches when i hear that work

in the barn/field till i die

[ChrisGuthro]

Best Singer Alive!!! Long Live Tom!!!

[n000bKinG887]

I live thier :O

[confuzzled5678]

I acually live by Tillsonberg and I was surprised when I heard that there was a song.

[mouse1000kz]

grew up in simcoe-

picked in the burg!!!!!!!!

[equalcharliebrown]

whats with this crowd? when tom says tillsonburg, you reply "TILLSONBURG" i mean i've known that since I was 6 years old, and im 24 now.

[mglsp]

He's a great man!! I've met him many times and he's almost like family to me! I still remember him playing Wildwood Flower to me on his knee:) Good Times

[BraniFan777]

Stompin Tom is totally COOL :)

[xHOLYROLLERx]

"Where to find the cigarette trees" Brilliant song.

[ThomWithKawliga]

what g'damn guy eh. he's like hank williams without the morphine.

[xHOLYROLLERx]

Hahahaha Yeah also without the born again jesus garbage of his later career ;)

[bpeterssen]

Stompin Tom, A True Canadian icon!!

[BJays15]

CANADA RULES!!!! EH?

[dani416]

haha Penisburg what a joker.

my drunk version is

Carlsberg, Carlsberg my case gets filled when i hear that word!!!

[notbadyou]

tillsonburg

[wwe5000000]

lmao bend over

[ilovstodance]

what a true canadian

[Dakrockson]

tillsonburg is my hometown ^_^

[EldestSauce]

Ingersoll here.

[chrissept21]

halifax nova scotia

[letsgetjimmyspinnerd]

ingersoll here to buddy ahah

[missymoo35]

My uncle worked with him in the tobacco fields in Tilsonburg!

[megannxxx]

haha,, I was born and raised in Tillsonburg,,

I love this song soo much.. :)

He's a legend. :D

[capnmikeandfriends]

Tilsonburg was actually the basis for Broke Back Mountain. The part "5 more guys" kind of takes the cake with how gay that actually is. That's all for now.

[nelsonfoul]

i have been in tillsonburg,he does mention my town in another song. i want to do a concert with him and my buddy eugen chadbourn, would be a good show i think

[capnmikeandfriends]

Shut up Penisburg.

[DiaSonador]

No he's from Prince Edward Island.

[Gilligan101]

I live here and love it here

[plaidsmen]

he should write a song like this about tree planting.

[farmersboy1]

my back still aches when I hear that word!!

[Joshdeer]

i live in tillsonburg too, i've heard this song a million times

[homeboy8918]

i live in tillsonburg too this songs awesome

[Gilligan101]

I got to meet him...and I am from T-burg ontario...right by dave beres store

[DiaSonador]

Stompin Tom is from the province where I live. I have met him a few times. He's such a nice man and this is my favorite song by him. It's such a funny song.

[ThomWithKawliga]

new brunswick?

[katareina]

fuck this guy is awesome

[kipper87]

I live in tilsonburg lol the tback plants definetly have died alot

[Dobson420]

HE is the best Canadian ever!

[BradsRebel]

Hes one of the greatest canadians ever

[ghostgrabber]

I hate the background singers in this version

[ShanShan56]

As a Brit who came to the town in the mid 70's to pick tobacco and earn some money this song brought back happy memories.

Thank you Stompin'tom and the van Laekens for great Times

[ellallure]

I'M FROM TILLSONBURG!!!!!

bahaha.

and yes. this is what our town is like. although, sadly, the tobacco fields have really gone down... our poor town.. :(

[gibbythepick]

truly sad, a lot of my relatives sold their farms to pussy ass asparagus growers!

[taylorswiftfan10184]

omg no way! im from tillsonburg too! scary!

[jayson6667]

every song he wrote

is real

it happened

and if it didnt

he would of never made this song

but it is true

ever song he wrote

and what it is about

it happened

[pippin1962]

I have read Tom's biography and he really did pick tobacco there. He's a lot of fun, and despite his orneriness he really has well-informed and intelligent points of view despite the simplicity of his songs; his time spent travelling the country with no money and just his wits to keep himself fed, gave him an appreciation for everyone in Canada--French or English or First Nations--immigrant or old-family Loyalist. He still keeps it simple though. Gotta love him.

[Somekid420]

I used to go to tilsonburg quite a bit lol never seen a tobacco field just suburbs.. but its a great song and tilsonburg is fun I live in London Ontario

[lskarin]

Somekid420:

Southwest Ontario is full of surprises. Like pumping oilwells?!?

My reason for going there is the wonderful Point Pelee National Park.

The National Park Service, like the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, is one of Canada's treasures. Regardless of which park you hit, the interpreters are uniformly excellent.

[Somekid420]

Man I live in London Ontario I used to live in Leamington been to point pelee to many times.. And yeah southern ontario is fun

[KrazyKanuc]

With Tobacco on the way OUT, what else can ya legally grow? lol

[ThomWithKawliga]

good, fuck the government.

[capnmikeandfriends]

The government feels otherwise. You are a poor comedian but an excellent piper. Also, I am a powerful wizard, so you'd best watch out. That's it.

[capnmikeandfriends]

Suck a cock.

[yu244720]

I'm proud to say i did my "time" in the tobacco fields of tillsonburg!

[papermache2131]

Its a good thing you did when you did because tobacco is no more,just a bunch of whinning silly lazzy asshole tobacco growers who wanted a free tax payer buy out for 900 million dollars..................what a bunch of fucking lossers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pacomexitaco]

Why so much ignorance...I am a tobacco farmer and i would not have grown up anywhere else...Fuck all you dumb, uneducated City asses....If you don't like it here...then don't come back. No loss to us Pricks.

[papermache2131]

Hows your 900 million buy out going you fucking loser.Tobacco farmers are all going broke and now they have to get real jobs HAHAHAHAHAHAH...............PS diane rocks....

[kmk420soldier]

i jsut moved outta tillsonburg stupid renecks think they can beef with city boys please that town would get stomped no life there and lots of prego dirty girls and its turning into a crack den FUCK TILLSONBURG!!!!!!

[dabooge]

Tillsonburg is the Saskatchewan of Ontario....not one bloody tree or hill in sight. Couldn't live there if you paid me.

[liammcglynn]

you obviously know nothing, i was raised in tillsonburg for 19 years, and proud to have worked in tobacco. our place in southern ontario was the #1 producer of tobacco for the ENTIRE world for almost 50 years. tonnes of hills, lots of forests, dumbfuck.

[dabooge]

You're obviously smoking too much of the product. Where are you hiding all those trees and Hills?

[papermache2131]

The entire world?So the entire tobacco production was 32 million pounds last year and maybe 20 million this year.Put the crack pipe down you stupid fucking imbred useless cocksucker!

[trickswithhicks]

i live in tillsonburg go tburg our hockey rocks!!! they made an awsome song

[markfreeman408]

Stompin tom iss my hero....I raced in tilsonburg!!!

[Arcticcatman500]

WOOHOO! ATTA BOY TOM! KEEP IT UP!

[Arcticcatman500]

God Bless Stompin' Tom!!!!

[Bistrolover27]

Tillsonburg blows!

[vaterz]

Love this song. It fills me with home town pride when ever I hear it!

[liammcglynn]

born and raised 20 years, worked in the fields, this vid makes me smile BIG.

[bigtruck182]

i live in tillsonburg and worked on the tobbaco fields this is the last year for it basicly

[mayolatino]

ur a homo man

[bigtruck182]

mayolation that means a lot coming from you LOL

[mayolatino]

mane big truck ur a fucking redneck

[jimmyphack]

Least he can bloody spell

[coolanddark]

man what a great song!Monkeylessjohn does a great cover!