Hi Azizi

I was in Canada when this thread got going so this is my first scan-through. No one's mentioned "Something to Sing About" (Oscar Brand) and I think it's mentioned in other threads. Similarly "This Land is Your Land" - the Canadian version. And various others that cropped up in the 60s (like Ontari-ari-ario). Haven't found them on Youtube for you though (yet).

I bought the book, "Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors" a while ago, mostly because I wanted the two songs which are connected with my home town, "Port Colborne" - "On Gravelly Bay" and "The Timber Drougher Bigler". Skimming through the others, it seems that naming places was common practice, just as in lumbering songs. Also, as in lumbering songs, listing the names of your co-workers was common.

And then there's the perpetual argument as to "The Red River Valley" - Canada, or USA?

sian