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11 Nov 04 - 12:15 PM (#1323386) Subject: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? From: GUEST,Grodin I am try to figure out the name of a tradition folk song (maybe Canadian origin) that has these words. All I can remember from elementary school are these words. Blue sky and rocky shore, I will return once more... Boom didi boom boom, boom didi boom bomm, booooom booooom boom. Thanks for the help! |
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11 Nov 04 - 12:21 PM (#1323391) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? From: Bo Vandenberg Land of the Silver Birch * Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver, * Where still the mighty moose wanders at will. Chorus * Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more. * Boom de de boom boom, boom de de boom boom. * Boom de de boom boom, boom-m-m-m-m. * Down in the forest, deep in the lowlands, * My heart cries out for thee, hills of the north. * Swift as a silver fish, canoe of birch bark, * Thy mighty waterways carry me forth. * High on a rocky ledge I'll build my wigwam, * Close by the water's edge, silent and still. Its a popular scout song. http://www.kidslist.uc.edu/kidslist/gs/neil/nsong1_006.html |
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11 Nov 04 - 12:29 PM (#1323399) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? From: Stephen R. From http://members.shaw.ca/tunebook/birch.htm, which also has a midi file of the tune. Canadian it is. Land of the Silver Birch Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver Where still the mighty moose wanders at will Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. Refrain Boom de de boom boom Boom de de boom boom Boom de de boom boom Bo-o-o-o-m Down in the forest, deep in the lowlands My heart cries out for thee, hills of the north Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. High on a rocky ledge I'll build my wigwam Close by the water's edge, silent and still Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver Where still the mighty moose wanders at will Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more. Stephen |
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11 Nov 04 - 12:30 PM (#1323400) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? From: GUEST Wow, You guys know your stuff in here! A few minutes and I get my answer. Thanks a bunch! |
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11 Nov 04 - 02:26 PM (#1323535) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? From: Q (Frank Staplin) In the Forum, this goes back to nineteen hundred and ninety-eight. Thread 5721, Lyr. Req: Land of the Silver Birch: Silver Birch |
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11 Nov 04 - 03:09 PM (#1323608) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? From: open mike welcome guest grodin sign up and become a member the search feature here will usually answer your question the D.T. referst to the Digital Tradition..the data base wehich contains lyrics and sometimes also chords and midi sounds of nearly 10,000 songs and tunes . the forum is this message board. you can enter the chat room and exchange individual messages with other members if you pick a nick name and register for free. |
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11 Nov 04 - 04:15 PM (#1323741) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? From: open mike also in future posts to this forum you will get EVEN BETTER results if the thread title is more specific (such as containing the lyrics you are searching for, etc.) so people get an idea BEFORE they open it what it is about. again, welcome. |
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11 Nov 04 - 08:41 PM (#1324056) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? (Answe From: McGrath of Harlow Of course asking a question in a thread often throws up extra infirmation you wouldn't get directly from the DT, or different versions of a song. That was pretty impressive speed-answering! |
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11 Nov 04 - 10:05 PM (#1324121) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What is the name of this song? (Answe From: Bo Vandenberg Sorry it took so long, I was eating while I typed. :) Sigurd |
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12 Nov 04 - 02:26 AM (#1324301) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: Joe Offer This is one of those Girl Scout songs my kid sister sang to death; and now I know every word, whether I like it or not. Like most of the Girl Scout favorites we've collected (see crosslinks above), its origins are a puzzle. This one, though, does have an entry in the Traditional Ballad Index, with one songbook citation - it appears in Folk Songs of Canada (1954), by Edith Fulton Fowke (Literary Editor) and Richard Johnston (Music Editor). If somebody has that book, please let us know if we have Fowke's lyrics, and where she got the song from. I'm betting that the Fowke version is in the entry above that was taken from Barry Taylor's Canadian tunebook, http://members.shaw.ca/tunebook/birch.htm. -Joe Offer- Here's the entry from the Traditional Ballad Index: Land of the Silver BirchDESCRIPTION: A pseudo-Indian ode to northern lands: "Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver, Where still the mighty moose wanders at will, Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more." The singer ends by promising to build a wigwam in the northAUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1953 KEYWORDS: homesickness return nonballad FOUND IN: Canada(Ont) REFERENCES (1 citation): Fowke/Johnston, pp. 190-191, "Land of the Silver Birch" (1 text, 1 tune) Roud #4550 Notes: For some reason, we learned this in elementary school in Minnesota. I can't imagine why. - RBW File: FJ190 Go to the Ballad Search form The Ballad Index Copyright 2004 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |
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12 Nov 04 - 08:13 AM (#1324453) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,Sooz (at work) We used to sing it in our rural English primary school around 1960. We sang it as a round and enjoyed it greatly (although that might have been due to the final extra loud boom we sometimes got away with!) |
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12 Nov 04 - 01:37 PM (#1324781) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,Pete Not just a Girl Scout song. I learned it in the Boy Scouts. This was pre 1967ish when we were still called Boy scouts in the UK |
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13 Nov 04 - 06:08 AM (#1325478) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: Nigel Parsons I can't provide an earlier citation than that above, but to copy a post in the other thread: "Listed in "The Hackney Scout Song Book (1957)" (Where it was included for the first time, following the 1922 edition) as a 'Red Indian canoeing song'" Nigel |
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13 Nov 04 - 02:07 PM (#1325802) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: Cluin I come from the land of the silver birch And the home of the beaver But I'll find no better how e'er I search How could I ever leave her? |
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13 Nov 04 - 09:32 PM (#1326141) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: Q (Frank Staplin) If we must have threads on this horror, the full effect is there only if it is sung. Listen, if your stomach is strong, here: Silver Birch |
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14 Nov 04 - 03:02 AM (#1326243) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: Metchosin Well at least some of you got to sing songs in Scouts and Guides. When I attended the only songs to come from our stiff lipped old Brown Owl was O Canada and God Save the Queen. |
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16 Nov 04 - 11:38 AM (#1328690) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,lcclark This is my favorite camp song from Girl Scout Summer Camp in Prescott,Arizona (in the early 60's). I am a teacher and at this very moment my students are learning to love this song also. There is an beautiful version of the song on Red Grammer's CD "Down the Do Re Mi" The words differ some. Available at: http://www.redgrammer.com |
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02 Nov 05 - 04:22 PM (#1595988) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,franperuforever@yahoo.com You are still missing one verse about being old and grey - I found i-1st first verse land of the sliver birch, home of the beaver, land where the mighty moose wanders at will 2nd - My heart grows sick for you, here on the prarrie, I will return once more, hills of the north. 3rd High on a rocky ledge, I'll build my wigwan, close to the forest edge, quiet and still 4th Swift as a silverfish, canoe of birch bark, thy mighty waterways carry me forth 5th my hair is silver now, my boes are weary, I shall return no more, hills of the north. chorus: Blue lakes and rocky shore, I will return once more Bum Ba ti bum bum, (repeat), bum bum bum Yes the title is Land of the Silver Birch I have a whole archive of songs from the 1950's - early 1960's and what I don't have my friend has in Pennsylvania where I grew up and these were sung at Camp Pine Grove - a magical place |
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25 Mar 06 - 07:19 PM (#1702792) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,Katydids)$@aol.com Anyone know of a song called "In The Land of Oden"? It's an old Girl Scout/Folk song, I learned at Girl Scout Camp Hidden Falls, in Dingman's Ferry, PA, back in the 70's, when I was a camper.I was able to pick up a few chords on the guitar, and it was an easy one to play.I remember the first verse, only. In the land of Oden There stands a mountain, 10,000 miles in the air Once every million years, A little bird comes winging Sharpens its beak and quickly disappears and quickly disappears. I would love to know the rest of the verses! It was the one song I learned how to play on guitar, and now some 30 plus years later, I am going to learn to play guitar. Thanks! Kathy |
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26 Mar 06 - 02:53 AM (#1702965) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: Little Robyn Kathy there are a couple of threads already on Land of Oden. Look here. Robyn |
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05 May 07 - 03:46 PM (#2044075) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,Old boy scout in Ontario Thank you. My grandson learned only the first verse at school in Alberta, and I know we sang more of it at camps in the 1950s and 60s. These are the words I remember. I will pass this all onto him. Again, my thanks. |
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05 May 07 - 04:07 PM (#2044086) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: Cats I learned it when I was working as a counsellor at Sebago and Little Wohelo, the Luther Gulick Summer camps back in the 1970's. If you go onto their website you can hear it sung today! |
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14 May 07 - 07:45 AM (#2051347) Subject: chords? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,cas29 Hi, I'm in a funny situation! I'm an English teacher in Italy and my students want to have a sing-a-long campfire style! I am at best a mediocre guitar player and could really use some help with the chords for this one. Please and thank you? :) |
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29 Oct 09 - 11:51 PM (#2755424) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST,a grandma My children learned the song at school many years ago they had a verse: My paddle keen and white hushing like silver swift as the wild goose flight dip ,dip , and swing dip,dip and swing it back. hushing like silver swift as the wild goose flight. Dip, dip and swing |
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29 Oct 09 - 11:57 PM (#2755427) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: meself That's a different, though similar, song. |
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08 Jun 10 - 09:41 PM (#2923572) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST I am 45, and I just woke from a dream with that song ( land of the silver birch) on my lips. I have no idea why. I learned it in the 4th grade, in Lake shore Maryland, in music class. I was a cub scout too but we never sang it., so strange, so I jumped on google, typed the chorus, and there you all were. amazing ...... thanks |
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04 Feb 11 - 09:29 PM (#3088956) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST It's called Blue Waters |
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04 Mar 11 - 06:41 PM (#3107176) Subject: RE: Name of this song? (Land of the Silver Birch) From: GUEST At G.S. camp in the 50's, Southern California we called it "Great Lakes Regional" |