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10 Feb 97 - 01:50 PM (#2077) Subject: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: marelli@cs.concordia.ca I am looking for the lyrics to a song, possibly a old traditional or folk song. All I know about it is that it starts with the words "From the Vancouver Island to ..." Someone told me it was called "This Land is ours" and was adapted from a US song. That's all I remember. If anyone can help me at : marelli@cs.concordia.ca thanx Serge |
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10 Feb 97 - 04:15 PM (#2078) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Kathleen This land is your land, This land is my land, From Bonivista to Vancouver Island, From the Arctic circle, To the great lake waters, This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking,
There is another verse for the song but I don't know what it
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10 Feb 97 - 05:58 PM (#2087) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Will It's a north of the border version of Woody Guthrie's "This land is your land", with the chorus substituting Canadian locations for California, New York Island, redwood forests, and Gulf Stream waters. The verses are the same as in Guthrie's original, as far as I know. Bonivista is in Newfoundland. |
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10 Feb 97 - 06:19 PM (#2088) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Sally I have a Canadian Songbook that gives another verse in addition to what Kathleen submitted: When the sun comes shining and I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling Asd the fog was lifting a voice was chanting This land was made for you and me. The book is called Atlantic Canada Sings, published by Waterloo Music Company, Waterloo Ontario Canada, 1974. wW |
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11 Feb 97 - 10:39 PM (#2144) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: ron k. Will is right. This is Woody Guthrie's song with only the chorus changed. Here are six verses. As I was walking that ribbon of highway / I saw above me that endless skyway / I saw below me that golden valley / This land was made for you and me. I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps / To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts / And all around me a voice was sounding / This land... When the sun came shining and I was strolling / And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling / As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting / This land... As I went walking, I saw a sign there / On the sign it said "No trespassing" / But on the other side it didn't say nothing / That side was made for you and me In the squares of the city, in the shadow of a steeple / By the relief office, I saw my people / As they stood there hungry I stood there asking / Is this land made for you and me Nobody living can ever stop me / As I go walking that freedom highway / Nobody living can make me turn back / This land... Kathleen has the Canadian chorus right.
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12 Feb 97 - 08:43 PM (#2164) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Eden emacadam@bayou.uh.edu I, too am in search of lyrics to a Canadian song, or what I think is a Canadian song. The title is "Trois Navires". I have a recording of it but am unable to copy down/translate in spite of the couple years of French that I took. If anybody knows the lyrics, could you pass it on. Thanks!
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06 Apr 03 - 12:28 AM (#927057) Subject: Lyr Add: TROIS NAVIRES DE BLÉ From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca From http://www.flybyday.com/gbsboston/troisnav.htm TROIS NAVIRES DE BLÉ Un gros coup de vent de nordet,
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06 Apr 03 - 12:29 AM (#927058) Subject: Lyr Add: Trois Navire From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Guitar Chords: The song is in chordpro format, to indicate where the chords change in relation to the lyrics. Chords are also included for the instrumental breaks, in case you have a fiddle or whistle player at your kitchen party. In the breaks, each chord lasts for one four beat measure except for chords that are connected with a hyphen, in which case they occur in the same measure and last for two beats each. Alan Doyle plays a 12-string guitar in this song, so you may notice that a six-string sounds less full. He tends to use a four-finger G chord (320033) in the verses, though a three-finger G (320003) may be substituted. Gadd9 = 320203 Note to whistle players: the song is in the key of G, so play it on a common D whistle and use C-natural, not C-sharp. intro:[G] [Gadd9]
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06 Apr 03 - 04:17 AM (#927105) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Sandy Mc Lean There is another song that is Canadian and is totally different from woody's: I think maybe Oscar Brand..... From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta highland "Cross the prarie and lakes to Ontario's towers From the sound of Mount Royals chimes Out to the Maritimes Something to sing about, this land of ours. |
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06 Apr 03 - 06:34 AM (#927141) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: GUEST See also "This Land Ain't Your Land" in the DT by the Brothers in Law Jon Bartlett |
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06 Apr 03 - 09:40 AM (#927196) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Willie-O Hello, SANDY IS RIGHT. The song being sought was written by Oscar Brand, and it was the theme song for a TV show called "Something To Sing About". It is certainly not old or trad, it's early 70's and has been discussed here before. I'll forward this to the original poster. In fact I found this thread from 1998, back when I was posting under my own name: ------------------------------------------ We've got something to sing about Tune up a string about Call out in chorus or quietly hum Dum dum de dum dum dum, dum dum de dum dum dum Something to sing about, this land of ours. "From the Vancouver Islands to the Alberta Highlands Cross the Prairies, the Lakes to Ontario's towers; From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes Out to the Maritimes Something to sing about, this land of ours. It was the theme music for a (Canadian, obviously) travelogue kind of TV show in the early 70's, which was I called, I think either "Something to sing about" WHICH i'M PRETTY SURE IS THE TITLE OF THE SONG, or "This Land." That much I remember. Now I feel pretty gray. Bill |
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06 Apr 03 - 10:07 AM (#927210) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Willie-O duh. should have checked the date on the original request. it was even earlier than the last thread about this song. Message bounced of course. Marelli is long ago graduated. Duh again. You're still right though Sandy! W-O |
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06 Apr 03 - 10:24 AM (#927218) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Guys, I was answering a different request, ALSO from 1997. Sorry to confuse you all. |
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06 Apr 03 - 10:37 AM (#927225) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Malcolm Douglas See also Help: Trois Navires, where Joe posted the same material a couple of years back. |
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06 Apr 03 - 10:44 AM (#927228) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: Sandy Mc Lean I tried to post a message and it went to cyberspace so I'll try again. The words are not in DT but are on the forum ( thread 0.8169 ) This is the first version opening as: "I have walked cross the sand on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland" When someone told Brand that the Grand Banks were at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean he changed it to: "I have walked many a mile on the shores of Prince Edward Isle" I guess only Christ can walk on the Grand Banks. :-} Sandy |
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06 Apr 03 - 10:44 AM (#927230) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad. From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca When I did the search on Mudcat last night, I couldn't find it. Thanks, Malcolm. |
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25 Jun 24 - 04:59 PM (#4204457) Subject: ADD: Something to Sing Aboud (Oscar Brand) From: GUEST Something to Sing About (source: "Jubilee Songbook", Girl Guides of Canada, 1971; words and music by Oscar Brand.) SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT (Oscar Brand) I have walked on the strand of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Laxed on the ridge of the Miramichi Seen the waves tear and roar on the stone coast of Labrador Watched them roll back to the Great Northern Sea Chorus: From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland 'Cross the Prairies, the lakes to Ontario's towers From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, up to the Maritimes Something to sing about, this land of ours I have welcomed the dawn from the fields of Saskatchewan Followed the sun to the Vancouver shore Watched it climb shiny new up the snow peaks of Caribou Up to the clouds where the wild Rockies soar I have heard the wild wind sing the places that I have been Bay Bull and Red Deer and Strait of Bells Isle Names like Grand Mere and Silverthorne Moose Jaw and Marrowbone, Trails of the pioneer, named with a smile I have wandered my way to the wild wood of Hudson Bay Treated my toes to Quebec's morning dew Where the sweet summer breeze kissed the leaves of the maple trees Sharing this song that I'm sharing with you Yes there's something to sing about, tune up a string about Call out in chorus or quietly hum Of a land that is still young, with a ballad that's still unsung Telling the promise of great things to come |
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27 Jun 24 - 01:17 PM (#4204571) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad.(This Land) From: Gallus Moll not strictly related to this thread, but there is a lovely. sad Canadian song in my head, canny remember it all - (nor can I spell the French Canadian words!).... think might be a Leonard Cohen Song? Un Canadien errant, banni de sez foyers Parcourait en pleurant Des pays etrangers Parcourait en pleaurant, des pays etrangers Un jou=ur truste et pensif Assis au bord des flots~ Au courant fugitif Il addressa ces mots Au courant fugitif Il addressa ces mots Si tu voit mon pays Mon pays malheureus Va dire a mes amis Que je me souviens d'eux Va dire a mes amis Que je me souviens d'eux O jours si pleains d'appas Non vous etes disparu Et mon pays helas Je ne le verrais plus Et mon pays helas, Je me le verrais plus apologies for all the mistakes, struggling to read the small type I have attempted to print! I first hear the song many years ago as part of a film on tv about something in French Canada - it was stunning to hear, have never forgotten it (tho this is first time I've attempted to find it, copy the words - - and am struggling to read them! |
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27 Jun 24 - 02:56 PM (#4204581) Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad.(This Land) From: Joe Offer Hi, Gallus Moll - Un Canadien Errant is far older that Leonard Cohen. The Traditional Ballad Index dates it back to at least 1842, written by M. A. Gerin-Lajoie. |