“Hail hero, hail hero, child of your fate
Come into the kitchen don't stand by the gate
And show us your wisdom before it's too late”

—  Gordon Lightfoot

Theme song of Hail Hero! (1969), co-written with Jerome Moross

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Canadian singer-songwriter 1938

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