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The Stranger Song "The Stranger Song" is a song by folk artist Leonard Cohen from his 1967/1968 album Songs of Leonard Cohen.[1]

The single is also included on Cohen's The Essential Leonard Cohen, Field Commander Cohen, and Live at the Isle of Wight.[2]

Robert Altman's 1971 film McCabe & Mrs. Miller includes "The Stranger Song" as well as "Winter Lady" and "Sisters of Mercy" (also from Songs of Leonard Cohen).

Several artists have covered the song:

Artist Album Year
Martin Simpson Vagrant Stanzas[3] 2013
Avalanche Quartet Rainy Night House[4] 2013
Marian Henderson Cameo[5] 1970
Tamco Don't Think Twice[6] 2010
Graeme Allwright (L'étranger) Le jour de clarté[7] 1968

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