– 3:20 "Poor Little Allison" – 2:30 Side 2 "Sit Down Young Stranger" – 3:26 "If You Could Read My Mind" – 3:48 "Baby It's Alright" – 2:58 "Your Love's Return (Song for Stephen Foster)" – 3:55 "The Pony Man" – 3:27 Chart performance Certifications Personnel Gordon Lightfoot - guitar, piano, vocals Red Shea - guitar Rick Haynes - bass with: Ry Cooder - slide guitar on "Me and Bobby McGee", mandolin on "Cobwebs and Dust" Van Dyke Parks - harmonium on "Cobwebs and Dust" John Sebastian - electric guitar on "Baby It's Alright", autoharp on "Saturday Clothes", harmonica on "The Pony Man" Nick DeCaro - string arrangements on "Poor Little Allison", "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Your Love's Return" Randy Newman - string arrangement on "Minstrel of the Dawn" and "Approaching Lavender" Kris Kristofferson was rumored to have provided harmony vocals on "Me and Bobby McGee" Technical Gary Brandt, Lee Herschberg - engineer Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes - design, photography References External links Album lyrics and chords Gordon Lightfoot albums 1970 albums Reprise Records albums Albums arranged by Randy Newman Albums produced by Joe Wissert Albums produced by Lenny Waronker Albums conducted by Randy Newman