Songs That Mention Canadian Places

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 18 Jul 08 - 10:05 AM

RANCHER OF BC

When the half-baked remittance man comes to the West
Arrayed in short pants, which he thinks suits him best,
He parades around town, while he takes a short rest
Ere assuming the role of a rancher.

Chorus:
Role, role, role of a rancher, A rancher of B.C.

Now all you remittance men, listen to me
And I'll give you some pointers as far as I may
Which might make you a rancher if you will obey,
A rancher that's fit for a rancher.

Fit, fit, fit for a rancher, etc.

First, mind you don't stay in Victoria long;
The water is bad and the liquor is strong,
And as you must drink something, you're sure to go wrong,
And spoil your success as a rancher.

'Cess,'cess,'cess as a rancher, etc.

Take advice if you buy a fine ranch by a stream,
Don't leave for trout fishing your cows and your cream,
But make butter and wealth beyond your greediest dream,
Which is far the best plan for a rancher.

Plan, plan, plan for a rancher, etc.

If when riding your bronco he starts in to buck,
And you fear if you fall by his hoofs you'll be struck,
Throw your arms round his neck, man, and trust to your luck,
If you can't keep your seat like a rancher.

Seat, seat, seat like a rancher, etc.

If in hunting for deer on some lone mountain top
Across a big bear you should happen to drop,
Just climb the first tree and be sure there to stop
Till assistance arrives for the rancher.

'Rives,'rives, 'rives for the rancher, etc.

If after long striving on Vancouver's plains
You find that your debts are the whole of your gains
Go up to the Klondike with the cash that remains,
And get better off than a rancher.

Off, off, off than a rancher, etc.

From Songs of the Pacific Northwest, Thomas
@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4876

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 18 Jul 08 - 10:03 AM

POOR LITTLE GIRLS OF ONTARIO

1. I'll sing you a song of that lone pest
It goes by the name of the Great Northwest
I cannot have a beau at all,
They all skip out there in the fall.

Chorus
One by one, they all clear out,
Thinking to better themselves, no doubt,
Caring little how far they go
From the poor little girls of Ontario.

2. First I got mashed on Charley Brown
The nicest fellow in all the town
But he tipped his hat and sailed away
And now he's settled in Manitobay.

3. Then Henry Maynard with his white cravat
His high stiff collar and his new plug hat
He said if he stayed, he'd have to beg
And now he's settled in Winnipeg.

4. Then my long-legged druggist with his specs on his nose,
I really thought that he'd propose
But he's sold his bottle-shop and now he's gone
Clear out to little Saskatchewan.

5. I'll pack my clothes in a carpet sack
I'll go out there and I'll never come back
I'll find me a husband, and a good one, too
If I have to go through to Cariboo.

Last Chorus
One by one, we'll all clear out
Thinking to better ourselves, no doubt,
Caring little how far we go
From the old, old folks of Ontario.

from Mrs. Hartley Minifie, Peterborough, to Edith Fowke: "Folk
Songs of Ontario", Folkways, 1958

@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4744

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 18 Jul 08 - 10:02 AM

But as a means of refreshing this thread, I'm going to post a couple of songs here from the DigiTrad.

Why?

'Cause this thread is callin me. And-without cheating-I don't know any more songs that mention Canadian places.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Snuffy
Date: 16 Jul 08 - 08:43 AM

It was in the town of Q-beck, we landed on the quay
But I knew not where to seek my love in all Americay

Now I hear this couple has got wed as you may understand
And I hear they live quite happily in a town they call St. Johns..

North Americay

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Beer
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 09:45 PM

Good one Tom,
never heard it.
Adrien

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: The Walrus
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 09:37 PM

No one seems to have mentioned the Canadian soldiers' song of the Great War "Take Me Back to Dear Old Canada" (a Canadian take on the British sone "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty"):-

Take me back to dear old Canada,
Put me on the boat for old St. John,
Take me over there, drop me anywhere,
Toronto, Hull or Montreal, well I don't care.
I should like to see my best girl,
Cuddling up again we soon should be. Whoa,
Tiddley, iddley ighty, I'd sooner be there than Blighty,
Canada is the place for me.

Any use?

Tom.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Ed T
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 08:31 PM

http://www.acmuseum.ednet.ns.ca/slim.htm

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 08:23 PM

Picketywitch.....(just guessing!)

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 08:09 PM

weelittledrummer, I like that one.

So who recorded it?

;o)

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: bankley
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 08:02 PM

'Chibougamou Boogaloo'... Chris Rawlings

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 07:40 PM

Yukon get it if you really want

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: oldhippie
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 07:17 PM

There's a song by The Fiddlers'Sons titled "Gaspereaux" from PEI. It's on the "Island Mix" tourism promo CD.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 06:54 PM

Terry, thanks for your 15 Jul 08 - 05:59 PM post.

I get it now.

:o)

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Ed T
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 06:09 PM

Wasn't there a song "I want to go back to Escouminac?

If not, someone should consider making one about this fine New Brunswick place.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 05:59 PM

Azizi - CDN = CanaDiaN

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Ed T
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 05:35 PM

Anyone register Carly Simon's Your So Vain, and the Nova Scotia mention?

Also, many of Stomp'in Tom Connor's songs mention less mentioned places.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: bankley
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 03:52 PM

the dollar is called a 'Loony' because of the loon on back of the coin... 2 dollar coin is called a Toonie... tho' there isn't a toon on the back.. just polar bears (on thin ice)... the rest of the bills are multi-coloured..

5-blue
10-purple
20-green
50-red
100-brown (my favorite)

no more 1000 bills.... something about the war on drugs or trying to prevent large amounts of cash being easily transported and used for illicit activities... like trying to rent a 'toon'....

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 03:04 PM

Okay.Sorry. I'm slow on the uptake here. You mean that a colloquial referent for a person who is born in Canada and/or lives in Canada is CDN and that CDN is the term for Canadian money and that term probably doesn't come from the Spanish word for money which is dinero.

So...now I'm trying to figure out what C D N stands for-
Canadian something something

Do you guys and gals call your dollar a dollar? If so, maybe the "D" stands for dollar. But the "N"? maybe "Nation"?

So do I have to go to Goggle to find this out?

And when was the last time on this thread that I said "I love Canada"?

What? I never said it before I said it then? Oh. My bad.

I hope everyone knows that I'm only having fun, but I don't want that fun to be at anyone's expense.{Get it "expense"? Ha Ha}.

But so there's no mistake-I love Canada.

I particularly love what Canada represented to my people way back when-Freedom.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 02:50 PM

Oh. So does CDN stand for Canadian dinero?

Just kidding.

Excuse me.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: bankley
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 02:45 PM

CDN = Canadian,,, as in $100 CDN

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 02:34 PM

Sorry again. But this is bothering me.

For consistency's sake, that line should be "country in the nation"

Okay. I can stop obsessing now.

:o)

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 02:26 PM

Met an Indian boy in Ottawa
He laid me down in a bed of straw

Sorry, but when I read this, I thought of the cumulative song "And The Green Grass Grows All Around"-

Ottawa.
bed of straw.
straw in the barn.
barn in the yard.
yard in the farm.
farm in the country.
country in a nation.
where the green grass grows all around
all around
where the green grass grows all around.

-snip-

* My sincerest apologies to Daniel Lanois for mixing up all those lines from children's rhymes and from my sometimes wacked up mind.
I mean no disrespect.

-snip-

More seriously, Ron [much more seriously] what does "CDN" mean?

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: bankley
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 01:42 PM

'Where will I be"... by Emmylou Harris from her 'Wrecking Ball' CD
written by Daniel Lanois, who is CDN...

"Met an Indian boy in Ottawa
He laid me down in a bed of straw...."

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: bobad
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 12:44 PM

Well, since we're now doing streets, here is one that mentions the main shopping street in Montreal, or rather, it's subterranean counterpart:

Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle: "Complainte Pour Ste-Catherine"


Moi j'me promène sous Ste-Catherine
J'profite de la chaleur du métro
Je n'me regarde pas dans les vitrines
Quand il fait trente en dessous d'zéro

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques

Je ne me sens pas intrépide
Quand il fait fret j'fais pas du ski
J'ai pas d'motel aux Laurentides
Le samedi c'est l'soir du hockey

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques

Faut pas croire que j'suis une imbécile
Parce que j'chauffe pas une convertible
La gloire c'est pas mal inutile
Au prix de gaz c'est trop pénible

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques

On est tous frères pis ça s'adonne
Qu'on a toujours eu du bon temps
Parce qu'on reste sur la terre des hommes
Même les femmes et les enfants

Y'a longtemps qu'on fait d'la politique
Vingt ans de guerre contre les moustiques
Croyez pas qu'on n'est pas chrétien
Le dimanche on promène son chien

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 12:20 PM

Oh. So now we're on songs that mention Canadian streets? Well, streets are places.

But I'm not gonna look them up on Google Earth or whatever that website is called that shows you actual video of specific streets and houses and other landmarks.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: GUEST,Golightly
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 11:55 AM

Spirit of the West's 'Gottingen Street'.
I believe Gottingen Street is a real place in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 10:51 AM

"Wintry Feeling" by Jesse Winchester is about winter in Montreal.

When Raffi was a folkie singer-songwriter, before he became a children's music megastar, he had a song called "Yonge Street" about the street in Toronto.

Ian Tyson's "Summer Wages" mentions "all the beer parlors down along Main Street," a reference to the cheap bars on Main Street on the east side of Vancouver. The J.D. Crowe and David Bromberg versions of "Summer Wages" incorrectly changed Main Street to Yonge Street, a street that's about 2700 miles east of Main STreet.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Beer
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 10:21 AM

Spanish Pipedream (AKA Blow Up Your TV) from his first Album

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: bankley
Date: 15 Jul 08 - 09:50 AM

John Prine mentions Montreal in that 'Blow up the TV' song... not sure of the real title....

C eh, N eh, D eh....

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: topical tom
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 07:21 PM

Sorry, "Farewell to Nova Scotia " is in the digitrad
here

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: topical tom
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 07:12 PM

Farewell to Nova Scotia

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: oldhippie
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 05:10 PM

Then there's this:

The Killaloe Rastaman - Rick Reimer
(with gratitude and apologies to Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs)

Come, we tell you little story about a guy named Bob
A proud Rastaman, didn't want to steal nor rob
But he had to feed his family, things were getting hard
So he plants a little ganja in his backyard
Pot, that is, Acapulco Gold, Sensi tea

Well, the first thing you know, those plants are getting tall
The neighbours come and suss-suss-suss and look over the wall
They said "Hey, Bob! Growing ganja you can't do!"
He loaded up his seeds and he moved to Killaloe.
Hills, that is, swimming holes, shooting stars.

Well, the folks in the hills liked having Bob around
He grew the finest ganja from here to Wilno town
He lived in the woods, didn't do no-one no harm
And the buds on his plants grew as thick as your arm.

Well, there's just one little mix-up about life in Killaloe
There's way too much police, with not enough to do
When rastaman grows ganja it just takes a little time
Till Johnny Law comes to the scene of the crime
Felony, that is, helicopters, tazer guns.

Well the police find so much ganja, that they can hardly wait
They build a great big fire and begin to eradicate
They tell Bob: "You're lucky we don't charge you for your sin!"
Only trouble is, police are standing downwind
From the ganja fire, that is, second-hand smoke, munchies big-time.

Well, the police get high and they forget to look around
They get their lights a-flashing and they leave for Pembroke town
They eat all the food that Tim Horton's can provide
Every doughnut shop got a cruiser outside

Well, the folks in the hills, they smell the ganja fire
They look upon the burning field and cry and cry and cry
Says Bob: "I got a secret tucked up under my hat.
I got three more fields bigger than that!"

Well, the moral of the story is very plain to see
You needn't be an Einstein to fool the O.P.P.
If you are only conscious and prepared to stand tall
Babylon systems surely must fall!

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 04:49 PM

There's this one from Jesse Winchester-


Pourquoi Ne M'Aimes-Tu Pas?

Gardes mon nouveau chapeau
Et mon poil de chameau
Mes bottes noires a talons hauts
Mes boutons de manchette
Ils jouent "L'Alouette"
Peses ces choses-la au verso

Et toujours tu m'aimes pas
Mais personne n'a plus que moi
Et Chantal, c'est tout pour toi
Mais pourquoi m'aimes-tu pas?

J'ai un skidoo rouge
Qui vraiment se bouge
Un beau chalet aux Laurentides
Et mon perroquet
Qui sacre en Angials
Quand sa tasse d'eau est vide

Triste, o triste, o ce n'est pas le mot
Tellemet riche, mais tellement pauvre
O pauvre

Et ma cave de vins
Est pleine de Chambertin
Je ne peux pas le boire moi meme
J'ai des fourmis la
Enrobees de chocolat
Ta maman m'a dit que tu les aimes

©1977 Jesse Winchester
From the LP "Nothing But A Breeze"

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 02:01 PM

You're welcome, Beer. I had hoped to be at last year's ACSUS conference and was scheduled to give a paper in which I would argue that folk songs from the Britain and Ireland that crossed the Atlantic in the 19th century retain more of their original sound in Canada than they do in America. Honestly....

It was to be a spin off from one I gave in Ottawa a few years ago called 'They took their music with them...' but that one only looked at Canadian versions of English/Scots/Irish songs.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Beer
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 12:00 PM

Terry.
I have to admit I was not sure if you were kidding or not so I googled "Canadianists". I wasn't aware of this. Thank you so much.
Adrien

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: sian, west wales
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 11:28 AM

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

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 11:16 AM

"Winnipeg" by Tom Russell

"Girls of Montreal" by Artie Traum

"Calgary" by Humphrey & the Dumptrucks

"Streets of Calgary" by Kate Wolf

"Ste. Anne de Bellevue" by Cindy Church

"Lillooet" by Chris Rawlings

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 10:37 AM

Hi Beer/Adrien - there's word for people like us, it's 'Canadianists.' The British Canadianist community (c400 members)is small but healthy.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: SouthernCelt
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 09:45 AM

Probably 10% or more of Ian Tyson's stuff mentions Canadian places and even more mention fictitious names that are likely triggered by Canadian places.   A few that come to mind are "Albert's Child," "Old Alberta Moon," "The North Saskatchewan," "Great Canadian Tour,"Springtime in Alberta,"Milk River Ridge" and "Horsethief Moon."

Then there's Slaid Cleaves' "Breakfast in Hell" that mentions PEI, Musquash River, Severen Sound, etc.

SC

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: olddude
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 09:23 AM

Alberta bound by lightfoot

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Beer
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 09:17 AM

Very interesting Terry. I'm a small time collector of Canadian History books prior to 1950. Why that date I don't know. I just picked it. I have in my collection 162 books and counting.
Now back to Azizi's thread.
Adrien

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 09:00 AM

Azizi - I don't know whether the ACSUS Journal is available online (the London Journal for Canadian Studies is)but it might be worthwhile contacting David Archibald at ACSUS. He's most helpful.

Americans (and Canadians) are often rather amused that people actually study Canada but there are dozens of Canadian Studies' Assocations around the world. Some of them are based solely in one country, others are joint ventures (e.g. the Scandinavians.) The Canadian government has traditionally beeen supportive of the Associations but since Stephen Harper came to power, the purse strings have been tightened.Some of them produce their own scholarly journals (I was Editor of the British Journal of Canadian Studies for four years) and they contain a wealth of material on all things Canadian.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 08:04 AM

Terry, I appreciate your posting information about the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States.

Here's a link to the ACSUS Mandate page which provides inforamtion about that group:

http://www.acs-aec.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=7

I'm particularly interested in their Canadian Diversity and Canadian History publications. I assume that current and back copies of these journals might be available for reading at large libraries. However, I was hoping to read articles online. Maybe it's my computer, but I wasn't able to do that. :o(

See how the Internet has spoiled us...

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 07:28 AM

Azizi, if you want to know more about Canada from a U.S. perspective, have a look at the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) webpages.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 07:26 AM

Azizi,
Pass on my regards if you see them. I met them on their last tour to Scotland.

By the way, can any Canadians illuminate the lyrical references in Stan Roger's Song North West Passage?

I know that Franklin refers to the English Explorer who died trying to find the North West Passage. But what is 'In the footsteps of Great Kelso, where his sea of flowers began' all about?

And in the next verse we have
'I think upon MacKenzie, David Thompson, and the rest, who crcked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me, to race the roaring Fraser to the sea'

I think I know about MacKenzie, but who was David Thompson? Am I right in thinking the sea they were reaching was the Pacific somewhere near where Vancouver is now?

I love singing the song but it would be good to be better informed!

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 07:11 AM

Thanks, Kevin.

I'll check them out.

Btw, I like the "Stay informed and keep in touch" note on their website.

Those are some good words to live by.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: GUEST,Kevin Parker
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 07:04 AM

Dear Azizi,
If you ever get the chance go and see Tanglefoot.
http://www.tanglefootmusic.com/

Even if you don't like the music, you'll learn a huge amount about the geography and history of Eastern Canada, just from their 'between the songs' anecdotes and introductions.

And they are nice people!

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 06:52 AM

This information from an online learning site for elementary students may also be helpful to other people who are learning about Canada:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Canada/Canadamap.shtml

Canada's Geography

Canada: Canada is a huge country in the continent of North America. Canada is comprised of 3,849,675 square miles (9,976,140 square km); it is the second-largest country in the world (Russia is first at 17,075,200 sq km). This huge country borders the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the United States of America. Canada has over 151,480 miles (243,791 km) of coastline. Most of Canada's human population lives along its southern border...

The Capital: The capital of Canada is the city of Ottawa, which is in the province of Ontario, located above the Great Lakes.

Provinces and Territories: Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories (the capital of each is shown in parentheses): Alberta (Edmonton), British Columbia (Victoria), Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown), Manitoba (Winnipeg), New Brunswick (Fredericton), Nova Scotia (Halifax), Nunavut (Iqaluit), Ontario (Toronto), Quebec (Quebec City), Saskatchewan (Regina); Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's), Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), and Yukon Territory (Whitehorse).

-snip-

That website also has a "label the provinces" map quiz that I've not taken yet. But I think I'd do much better now that I've looked up the Canadian places mentioned in the songs posted on this thread.

Thanks!

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Azizi
Date: 14 Jul 08 - 06:40 AM

Thanks, Adrien for posting that song. Here's a hyperlink to that other thread:

thread.cfm?threadid=112708&messages=8
Lyr Req: Prince Edward Island is Heaven to Me

**

Also, here's a hyperlink for a map of Canada that I've been using to identify the provinces and towns that are mentioned in this thread:

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/lgcolor/cacolor.htm

-snip-

Thanks to the song posted above, I patted myself on the back when I figured out that P.E.I is Prince Edwards Island.

Subject: RE: Songs That Mention Canadian Places
From: Beer
Date: 13 Jul 08 - 10:54 PM

tom,
Here is the song which I posted on a different thread but should also appear here.

Prince Edward Island Is Heaven To Me


They talk about Texas , Kentucky and Maine,
Talk about London, Paris and Spain.
But there's a little island, I long there to be.
Prince Edward Island is heaven to me.

The shores are so pretty, the fields are so green,
The roads are so winding, with such pretty scenes.
The air is so pure and the people so gay,
Prince Edward Island , I'm coming to stay.

There's swimming and hunting and fishing galore.
The sun shines so bright on its long golden shore.
The Lord made this island for all men to see;
Prince Edward Island is heaven to me.

THIS VERSE IS SPOKEN

As everyone knows, there are ten provinces in the
Dominion of Canada,each beautiful in its own respect.
There's British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta,
Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Manitoba,
Nova Scotia, Ontario and Saskatchewan,
But Prince Edward Island to me is the one.

Last verse
The soil is so fertile, so rich and so rare,
It yields such potatoes, which none can compare.
Tourists are welcome to walk its red soil.
While farmers are happy to work and to toil.

Words and music by Harold Breau