Canada It Is!

Tell me what surrounds Canada
North, south, east, and west
Mostly water, partly land,
Canada is blessed

To the north — the Arctic Ocean
To the south — the United States
To the west — the Pacific, east — the Atlantic
Middle is the Hudson Bay

Tell me what surrounds Canada
North, south, east, and west
Mostly water, partly land,
Canada is blessed

The sun rises on Newfoundland seas
Nova Scotia smiles in the morning breeze
Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Quebec
He’s heading out west to Ontario
And on to the prairies where Manitoba shines
Saskatchewan, Alberta, he’s nearing evening time
British Columbia will bid the sun goodnight
From east to west, Canada

But north in the Yukon
You never say goodnight
The Northwest Territories and Nunavut are bright
Until the end of summer when day turns into night
From east to west to north, Canada

Iroquois, Algonquin, and Huron Indian tribes
Were here when the Europeans arrived
In Canada (Canada), Canada (Canada)
When the Europeans arrived in Canada

Mohawk, Ojibwa, and Montagnais Indian tribes…

Blackfoot and Sioux, Cree and Chippewa Indian tribes…

Hundreds of scattered and wandering Indian tribes…

Around the year 1000, (excited) the Vikings discovered Canada!!!
But they had to go home to Greenland (deflated)
Because they could not get along among themselves (shamefaced)
Or with the Indians. (Hang head)

John Cabot, in 1497, sailed in search of China.
But he found Newfoundland, where the fishing was so grand,
so an English flag he planted.
Canada was claimed for the English (Right!),
and John Cabot returned home a hero.

John Cabot, in 1497,
sailed in search of China but found Canada.
(let’s sing it again!)

John Cabot, in 1497, sailed in search of China.
But he found Newfoundland, where the fishing was so grand,
so an English flag he planted.
Canada was claimed for the English (Right!),
and John Cabot returned home a hero.

John Cabot, in 1497,
sailed in search of China but found Canada.

Jacques Cartier… looking for the way to China
Found Gaspe… and claimed the land for France
Jacques Cartier found a way up the great St. Lawrence River
And founded a place he called Mount Royal

Mount Royal (Montreal) Mount Royal (Montreal)
Mount Royal (Montreal) Mount Royal (Montreal)

Winter came… and held him in the freezer
Scurvy came… and took a lot of his men
Indians came… and helped him through the winter
But he was not the same… he kidnapped their leading man

And Jacques Cartier… he paved the way…
For the great fur trade… but what a mess he made…
For the Indian Wars… point back to 1534,
Does the guilt lay at the door of Jacques Cartier?

Canada’s a big misunderstanding
For Canada means “village”
But Canada is BIG.
If only Jacques Cartier had asked
Somebody with a longer past…
But what he called it came to last
And Canada it is.

The French came to stay, led by Samuel de Champlain
To a place called Quebec in 1603
He made friends with Algonquin and Huron Indians
And he built a fortress there, strong and free

Champlain (Champlain), Champlain (Champlain)
The father of Canada, loved this farming land
Champlain (Champlain), it’s plain (it’s plain),
Had a nation on his mind, Champlain

The French came to stay, led by Samuel de Champlain
To a place called Quebec in 1603
He made friends with Algonquin and Huron Indians
And he built a fortress there, strong and free

Champlain (Champlain), Champlain (Champlain)
The father of Canada, loved this farming land
Champlain (Champlain), it’s plain (it’s plain),
Had a nation on his mind, Champlain
Champlain (Champlain), Champlain (Champlain)
The father of Canada, loved this farming land
Champlain (Champlain), it’s plain (it’s plain),
Had God’s kingdom on his mind, Champlain

The Hurons were the French friends,
The Iroquois were English friends,
The French and the English weren’t friends.
But the hats they all preferred
Made of northern beaver fur
Got the Iroquois disturbed and then…
War began.

The Hurons were the French friends,
The Iroquois were English friends,
The French and the English weren’t friends.
But the hats they all preferred
Made of northern beaver fur
Got the Iroquois disturbed and then…
War began.

Paul De Maisonneuve in 1642
Came over with a few to settle
With missionary zeal they built their homes and fields
And a fortress to conceal them better
When the Iroquois attacked they were defended
When the winter held them back they still survived
With Paul De Maisonneuve in charge the gospel thrived.

Paul De Maisonneuve in 1642
Came over with a few to settle
With missionary zeal they built their homes and fields
And a fortress to conceal them better
When the Iroquois attacked they were defended
When the winter held them back they still survived
With Paul De Maisonneuve in charge the gospel thrived.

For the darkness shall turn to dawning
And the dawning to noonday bright
And Christ’s great kingdom will come to Canada
Our God will make all things right

Father Brebeuf was a giant of a man
With a heart for the Hurons as mighty as the land
When the gospel won them for Christ
Father Brebeuf paid for it with his life
For the Iroquois had gathered for war
That the Huron nation be no more
So he prayed in the Huron tongue
There on the stake, that the Kingdom would come

For the darkness shall turn to dawning
And the dawning to noonday bright
And Christ’s great kingdom will come to Canada
Our God will make all things right.
Our God will make all things right.

We are the Coureur De Bois, the runners of the woods,
We are Frenchmen in canoes, hauling furs to Montreal
We shoot the foaming rapids (hoom, cha, lookout, there!)
We carry heavy loads (whoo-ahh, whoo-ahh)
We defend ourselves from Indian attacks
We are the Coureur De Bois, the runners of the woods,
The beaver is our goods, and we sing…

La la la la la, la la la la la la, (Hey!) la la la la la la, la la la,
La la la la la, la la la la la la, (Hey!) la la la la la la, la la la…

We are the Coureur De Bois, the runners of the woods,
We are Frenchmen in canoes, hauling furs to Montreal
We shoot the foaming rapids (hoom, cha, lookout, there!)
We carry heavy loads (whoo-ahh, whoo-ahh)
We defend ourselves from Indian attacks
We are the Coureur De Bois, the runners of the woods,
The beaver is our goods, and we sing…

La la la la la, la la la la la la, (Hey!) la la la la la la, la la la,
La la la la la, la la la la la la, (Hey!) la la la la la la, la la la, la la la, hey!

Got a farm down by the river, but no-one to tend the land.
Got a farm down by the river, got no-one to tend the land.
There’s more money in the fur trade…
Can’t get no-one to lend a hand.

Got a farm down by the river, but no-one to tend the land.
Got a farm down by the river, got no-one to tend the land.
There’s more money in the fur trade…
Can’t get no-one to lend a hand.

We need ourselves some women, got to make this place a home.
Yah, we need ourselves some womenfolk,
Got to make this place a home.
Maybe then he’d stop his wandering,
Maybe then he wouldn’t roam.

I got a farm down by the river, but no-one to tend the land.
Got a farm down by the river, got no-one to tend the land.
There’s more money in the fur trade…
Can’t get no-one to lend a hand.
There’s more money in the fur trade…
Can’t get no-one to lend a hand.

Radisson and Groseilliers found their way to the Hudson Bay.
Why do you think they went that way?
Looking for more beaver.
Back to France in a flash went they.
Found no French, but the English came.
Sent their ships to the Hudson Bay,
looking for more beaver.

The Hudson Bay… a shorter way
To make this pay… hip hip hurray!!
The Hudson Bay Company was born!

With great success they began to trade.
Built their forts and the English stayed.
The door to the west was open laid
by the furry beaver.

The Hudson Bay… a shorter way
To make this pay… hip hip hurray!!
The Hudson Bay Company, the Hudson Bay Company,
The Hudson Bay Company was born!

He’s a hero, Canadian hero
A hero, Canadian hero
Frontenac, Frontenac
Drove the Iroquois nation back
Thought it better to attack
Than to be the victim
He’s a hero, Canadian hero
A hero, Canadian hero

Frontenac, Frontenac
Seemed a scoundrel, front and back
Christian virtue he did lack,
Still he is a hero, Canadian hero.
A hero, Canadian hero.
He’s a hero, Canadian hero.
A hero, Canadian hero

Troubled times, these are troubled times
When kings wage war on both sides of the ocean
These are troubled times
For the war removes our frail well-being
And it kills our sons and leaves us bleeding
And the world we build can be but fleeting
In these troubled times, troubled times

Troubled times, these are troubled times
When kings wage war on both sides of the ocean
These are troubled times
For the war removes our frail well-being
And it kills our sons and leaves us bleeding
And the world we build can be but fleeting
In these troubled times, troubled times

We don’t like British soldiers, no…
They uproot us and make us go.
Take our homes, take our lands, for their foolish demands.
We’re the spoils of war and woe.
We don’t like British soldiers, no…
They uproot us and make us go.
Take our homes, take our lands, for their foolish demands.
We’re the spoils of war and woe.

We were Acadians, peaceful Canadians,
We were farmers raising house and homes.
We were sold like cattle, and without a battle
we’re on ships, heading far from home.
We don’t like British soldiers, no.
We were Acadians, peaceful Canadians,
We were farmers raising house and homes.
We were sold like cattle, and without a battle
we’re on ships, heading far from home.
We don’t like British soldiers, no.
We don’t like British soldiers…
No.

General Wolfe and the British army
Tried to find a way to conquer Quebec.
He tried the river, he tried the walls,
And finally found his way to the top of the cliff.
There on the Plains of Abraham, outside the city walls,
The battle raged, the English prevailed.
There on the Plains of Abraham, outside the city walls,
New France went down forever, down and gone.

General Wolfe and the British army
Tried to find a way to conquer Quebec.
He tried the river, he tried the walls,
And finally found his way to the top of the cliff.
There on the Plains of Abraham, outside the city walls,
The battle raged, the English prevailed.
There on the Plains of Abraham, outside the city walls,
New France went down forever, down and gone.

In seventeen-seventy-five, some American invaders did arrive.
They took Montreal, but Quebec wouldn’t fall,
For the English learned a lesson there and thrived…
They stayed in the city, wouldn’t take the bait.
They were well-provisioned, they could wait
For Old Man Winter to guard the gate…
The Americans had to go home…

In seventeen-seventy-five, some American invaders did arrive.
They took Montreal, but Quebec wouldn’t fall,
For the English learned a lesson there and thrived…
They stayed in the city, wouldn’st take the bait.
They were well-provisioned, they could wait
For Old Man Winter to guard the gate…
The Americans had to go home…

Army boots can tear up roots,
Till with the wind you wander.
When welcome dies, and you’e despised,
Your lives are torn asunder.
Back in 1783 many people had to flee
From America, the land of the brave and free,
Who were loyal to the king of England.
Packed up all their things
And came to Canada to stay and start again…
Army boots can tear up roots,
Till with the wind you wander.

Two Canadas… one was high, one was low
Two Canadas… one was English, one was French
Two Canadas… one was mostly Protestant, the other mostly Roman
Upper Canada was settled by the Loyalists
Lower Canada remained as mostly French
The Upper held the Lakes
The Lower held the River on the way down to the ocean
Here in Two Canadas… in seventeen ninety one
Two Canadas… it was two, yet was one
Two Canadas remains to this day.

Two Canadas… one was high, one was low
Two Canadas… one was English, one was French
Two Canadas… one was mostly Protestant, the other mostly Roman
Upper Canada was settled by the Loyalists
Lower Canada remained as mostly French
The Upper held the Lakes
The Lower held the River on the way down to the ocean
Here in Two Canadas… in seventeen ninety one
Two Canadas… it was two, yet was one
Two Canadas remains to this day.

When you have a bitter disappointment,
It’s harder still to have it named for you.
When Mackenzie found that mighty river running north and west,
He thought he’d made it through…
But he never gave up, he never gave in,
In the spring of ’ninety three (Seventeen ninety three…),
He loaded up his boat to go exploring up the Peace…

Alexander MacKenzie found the way
To the Pacific Ocean.
He was the first to cross Canada from sea to sea.
Alexander MacKenzie found the way, Mackenzie found the way.

Alexander MacKenzie found the way
To the Pacific Ocean.
He was the first to cross Canada from sea to sea.
Alexander MacKenzie found the way, Mackenzie found the way.

Can you find the Northwest Passage if you seek it from the west?
Will two hundred years of searching finally pay?
Now with Captain George Vancouver and his crew to meet the test;
If it’s there, he’ll find the way.
So the search goes, as the wind blows,
And his map grows and grows and grows.
The Discovery, in seventeen ninety three,
Made the discovery… the way is closed…
The way is closed.

Can you find the Northwest Passage if you seek it from the west?
Will two hundred years of searching finally pay?
Now with Captain George Vancouver and his crew to meet the test;
If it’s there, he’ll find the way.
So the search goes, as the wind blows,
And his map grows and grows and grows.
The Discovery, in seventeen ninety three,
Made the discovery… the way is closed…
The way is closed.

We fight for furs, we fight for land,
We fight for rights, for we like our own plans.
We are two companies;
The Hudson’s Bay and the Nor’Westers,
The same game we play.
The Hudson’s Bay and the Nor’Westers,
The same game, the same game we play.

We fight for furs, we fight for land.
We fight for rights, for we like our own plans.
From eighteen ten to twenty one,
Till in the end we merged…
Till in the end we merged as…
Till in the end we merged as one.
The Hudson’s Bay and the Nor’Westers,
The same game we play.
The Hudson’s Bay and the Nor’Westers,
The same game we play.
In the end we merged as one.

From the War of 1812,
When the British and Americans were at it again.
There a love of country swelled.
While the battles were waged, it was changing the game.
The Americans were repelled,
And the borders stayed the same,
But this land the British held
Would not keep a British name…
We’re Canada!

From the War of 1812,
When the British and Americans were at it again.
There a love of country swelled.
While the battles were waged, it was changing the game.
The Americans were repelled,
And the borders stayed the same,
But this land the British held
Would not keep a British name…
We’re Canada!

Celebration! Jubilation!
Now this great land becomes a nation!
On the first day of July in eighteen sixty seven,
We gained our independence,
And Canada became a confederation!
Jubilation!
Canada the nation has now begun!
Canada the nation has now begun!

Celebration! Jubilation!
Now this great land becomes a nation!
On the first day of July in eighteen sixty seven,
We gained our independence,
And Canada became a confederation!
Jubilation!
Canada the nation has now begun!
Canada the nation has now begun!