PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Maple Leaf Forever", by Alexander Muir, 1867
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2013. To return to the current post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
PHOTOS: from GoogleImages, several derived from the wonderful blogsite TorontoThenandNow
HISTORICAL UNDERPINNINGS:
The original song proposed Canada’s national symbol, and acted for decades as the unofficial anthem of (English) Canada; it was officially replaced in 1980 by “O Canada”. The old tree which had presumably inspired the original lyrics was destroyed by a storm in July 2013.
As pointed out in the blog "City in the Trees", the version we sang long ago in school evoked a Canada that extended from Cape Race in the east to the Pacific. In fact, at the time Muir created the song, Newfoundland and British Columbia were separate colonies, and the new country had only 4 provinces.
Research into the song's historic underpinnings, as portrayed here, as well as personal experience, evolved into the nostalgic piece "Canadian School Reunion" - see my prior post highlighting this parody-song.
As pointed out in the blog "City in the Trees", the version we sang long ago in school evoked a Canada that extended from Cape Race in the east to the Pacific. In fact, at the time Muir created the song, Newfoundland and British Columbia were separate colonies, and the new country had only 4 provinces.
Research into the song's historic underpinnings, as portrayed here, as well as personal experience, evolved into the nostalgic piece "Canadian School Reunion" - see my prior post highlighting this parody-song.
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| "Maple Cottage" Leslieville, (now part of Toronto) Muir's residence |
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| 1867: A fragile line |
FURTHER SONGS ON THE SAME THEME: For other nostalgic takes on Canada's national hymns, you can view (and sing along with) ...
post #6 (December 2013) Canadian Reunion
post #65 (January 2015) Flight of the Loonie
post #181 (June 2018) Something to Groan About
THE MAPLE LEAF ad Infinitum
(to the tune of Alexander Muir's "Maple Leaf Forever")
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| Robert Stanley Weir lyricist |
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| Calixa Lavallee composer |
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
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