Yes I was born in 1971 and watching tv as a kid I saw this many times cause you really had only two stations to watch. There would be two or three of these vignettes that played to conclude CBC's tv programming for the night and then that steady tone with those colored bars would mark off air til 6am. Good ole awesome CBC
I real classic Canadian short. I enjoyed that very much. Too bad it's not shown any longer on TV. I will have to show this to my kids sometime. Such a cute little short, and something I remember running into the living room when I heard it come on when I was little just to watch it.
ATTENTION TO ALL ENVIROMENTALISTS: this is canadian heritage put into song and art the imagery makes us proud to be canadians so don't put your global issues in the comments of something thats just for entertaiment. you hosers >=(
Seriously? This gets posted on YouTube and all you lot can do is badger each other about industry, the environment and the value of real work? Sheesh. I sentence you all to an hour time-out, to be spent watching "The Beachcombers".
@Badgerinthenight You clearly have no conception of the history of industry in Canada. Logging was (and still is) one of the primary industries of Canada, if we did not create the industry we had, Canada would probably not be a country today.
@FriedBacon86 Oh of course! Because human life is worth so so much more than any other life! Ohh.. how silly of me to forget something sooo obvious!! *sarcasm intended*
@Badgerinthenight If it wasn't for industry and technology the earth would only be able to sustain about 10 million people; that means that 99.9 % of the worlds population would not be able to have enough food or shelter. As a species we have industrialized and adapted the planet to sustain ourselves. The fact that we can change our environment means that we have the ability to survive and reproduce as a species, this is not a moral issue, but a product of evolution.
@FriedBacon86 So what?! Humanity is a plague on the Earth. If any other species populated the planet like we do, we would feel the need to cull them!! 75% of the world's human population don't have enough food or shelter BECAUSE we have overpopulated the planet.
Really? 50% of the world live with less than $2200 a year. Their food and shelter are inadequate compared to ours. Even the lowest decile of earners in the U.S. has greater income than 2/3rds the world. No one has to be culled as much as help each other out. Read up on income inequality on the encylopedia, and ways to solve the problem through supportive infrastructure development (see my newest posted Youtube video for a success story on that).
Granted if the whole world lived as our first-world nations do, yes, we would be frigged. Our consumption patterns have to stop. We have to count our blessings, and spread the wealth, because as long as we have over $2200 (which takes into account exchange rates and purchasing power parity) a year, we should be grateful as we have more than most people in the world!
Yes. Human life is worth much, much more than any other life. One human life is more important than one -insert ANY other living thing on the planet- life.
So, you have the choice to save the life of a human being, or a groundhog. One will die, you can only save one. You're saying the human being doesn't get priority?
@Badgerinthenight Without "killing so many thousands of trees!! :O" my family would've starved. My father works in the forest industry, his father, his father, etc. Same goes for my mom's family. I hope you're not naive enough to think that there's not tonnes of people out there planting more trees after the loggers are done (sure it doesn't happen everywhere, but in a lot of places it does).
I remember watching this on cbc as a little kid. I count myself lucky to have lived near enough to the border to get it. now my daughter enjoys it all thanks to you for uploading.
Childhood memories from Alberta, ended up in Vancouver and doing this on the ocean for a living lol, very few guys can do this! Even fewer a truly good at it! Hard work that gives a real sense of pride for sure.
@MrShaggyj69 What's real work? Where you have to use your body instead of your brain? You haven't a clue what you're on about. Obviously considering you think 'kids' are the only ones utilising technology. The people who work on computers (like programming) for a living are far more intelligent than any log driver. Jeez, learn your stuff.
@Badgerinthenight this was real work before technology took over. ppl today are to lazy to do the work themselves. they have computers do to the work for them. look in the video or any log driver video. you dont see gas powered chainsaws. it was all hand powered.
@Badgerinthenight Yeah, try saying that to your plumber or mechanic next time you have a problem. Blue collar work *is* real work. People who work behind desks sitting on their fat asses all day have the nerve to call what they do "work"? LMFAO
Is it really work when you don't even break a sweat all day while you check out Youtube videos and your Facebook page all on company time?
I have far more respect for the log drivers than I do for any desk jockey or cubicle slave.
Lumberjacks, plaid, beaver, moose, tuque...this must be the most dense collection of Canadian stereotypes on youtube. I love it. :-) I remember seeing it on TV when I was little.
WOW....I remember this as a kid, they would always show this video before the tv stations went off the air late at night right before the national anthem. Thats the only reason i know this song. I havent heard it since then and it just poped in my head out of nowhere. Classic Canadian lumber jack song!
Beautiful, thank you. I lived in Montreal ten years, Toronto five, before returning to New Zealand where we have plenty of logs too, but we don't take 'em down rivers much these days.
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There was only French Canadians that were brave enough to do this kind of work. If it wasn't for the Quebecois,the logging industry couldn't have whittled a broom handle to shove up their asshole!
wow ... he says our culture is not really "materialistic" because it has no respect for material (makes jubk) ... and respect is based on "wonder" and reverence for something important!
I think this is vitally important. Material form- observance of material form can be wonderful - like a nice hard covered book with wonderful paper and design containing excellent knowledge!? I say this is a wonderful form that should be protected! Just as these digital recordings of Watts are important!
What a bloody great little tune and animation! I remember seeing this in between shows as an "interlude" on CBC or other Canadian station (ATV or whatever) as a kid. Along with the pencil sketches of various faces melding between each other, this "log driver's waltz " is quite memorable!
The National Film Board of Canada was awesome. If you're in Canada you can actually get a National Film Board of Canada app for the iPhone or iPod Touch... and it lets you stream & watch all of those classic films (of course, The Cat Came Back being my favorite)... I seriously recommend you check it out :D
@LukeCawston Dude totally I remeber todays special!! lol polka dot door wow.... Where does time go eh? Remember The Littlest hobo and Beachcombers? What happened to our sweet innocent Canada eh?
Oh man I dont know how old I was when they used to play this on TV during commercials but I must have been younger than 10... talk about nostalgia overload.
The first and only time I heard the McGarrigles perform this song was in DC in the mid-1970s. It has stuck in my head ever since (sing it to myself more often than I care to admit) and I was always disappointed that they never put it on vinyl. What a treat to now find that it was put to this video. My hat's off to an amazing musical family. Kate and Anna, I can't thank you enough for all the joy your music has brought me over the years. Kate, the heavens certainly have an angels voice now.
I remember going to the movies when Princess Bride came out and this video was the opener to the movie. I watched a bunch of movies and they all started off with this song and we all memorized the lyrics and sang it often. Never as good as Kate and Anna... RIP Kate!
There isn't a Canadian over 30 who doesn't know and love this song. While Kate didn't write it, it is her voice that sang this song to a generation of Canadians.
@tuzalov My grandfather is in this damm video and the NFBoC wont release this video,the only reason this vid is here is because the nfb TREE/ EyE isnt here thank god or noone would see it.
tuzalov, this vid is up on the NFB video site free for the watching, and you can buy a copy through the NFB store. It has been available for years now.
1. If a tree falls on you, you die regardless of having a hat on, although in case of stray... I do not know the technical name for the poles used to push logs... flying around.
2. Yes it is a joke, I have the pleasure of working where I wear a hardhat in the middle of a field, equally amusing.
Classic Canada! Makes you proud to be Canadian to the core. Take's us back to when we had no worries and brings back so many memories. True Canadian Patriot Love!
hahaha You really would only understand it if you were Canadian to the core. Brings back some great CBC morning memories. Much respect to those who braved the waters from the muddy fraser to the st. lawrence to get this great nations natural resources movin!
Oh this brings back nice memories of when I was a Kid! They don't make nice things like this anymore!
heydaddy 3 weeks ago
Yes I was born in 1971 and watching tv as a kid I saw this many times cause you really had only two stations to watch. There would be two or three of these vignettes that played to conclude CBC's tv programming for the night and then that steady tone with those colored bars would mark off air til 6am. Good ole awesome CBC
cddrothecker 4 weeks ago
I also have an erection, and I'm a grandmother.
ferociousgumby 1 month ago
Does anyone know who sings/performs this? Her voice sounds vaguely familiar.
ferociousgumby 1 month ago
@ferociousgumby
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Cricket4066 1 month ago
Should be a double-bill with Hinterland Who's Who!
ferociousgumby 1 month ago
I real classic Canadian short. I enjoyed that very much. Too bad it's not shown any longer on TV. I will have to show this to my kids sometime. Such a cute little short, and something I remember running into the living room when I heard it come on when I was little just to watch it.
Specailk007 2 months ago
I have an erection thank you Log Riders
MrJesusHKrist 2 months ago
None of those dislikes better be Canadian, it's Treason!
Deckeon74 3 months ago 4
ATTENTION TO ALL ENVIROMENTALISTS: this is canadian heritage put into song and art the imagery makes us proud to be canadians so don't put your global issues in the comments of something thats just for entertaiment. you hosers >=(
Shadowcrow4 3 months ago 2
The worst thing Cartoon Network did was lose "Oh Canada".
Morons.
scribesunlimited 3 months ago 2
I love, love, love this NFB short! I remember seeing this when I was in school. They simply don't make shorts like this anymore. Thanks for posting!
SAK59 4 months ago 2
I'm singing this song in choir. :)
madibuzzer 4 months ago
A great old Wade Hemsworth song sung by the McGarrigals
rdvqc 4 months ago
Seriously? This gets posted on YouTube and all you lot can do is badger each other about industry, the environment and the value of real work? Sheesh. I sentence you all to an hour time-out, to be spent watching "The Beachcombers".
abmackay 5 months ago 14
I use to sing along with this as a kid whenever it came on TV. I miss these NFB Vignettes.
canitbechristine 5 months ago
A classic indeed. Higher resolution versions available on YouTube, though.
MarkGoodhand 5 months ago
@MarkGoodhand :this one, for example: upsZZ2s3xv8
MarkGoodhand 5 months ago
OMG!!! I remember this, and haven't heard it for years. I love this now, and I loved it when I used to see it on TV. Thanks so much.
Sweetman191058 6 months ago 2
I can't believe no one saw a problem with killing so many thousands of trees!! :O
Badgerinthenight 6 months ago
@Badgerinthenight You clearly have no conception of the history of industry in Canada. Logging was (and still is) one of the primary industries of Canada, if we did not create the industry we had, Canada would probably not be a country today.
FriedBacon86 5 months ago
@FriedBacon86 Oh of course! Because human life is worth so so much more than any other life! Ohh.. how silly of me to forget something sooo obvious!! *sarcasm intended*
Badgerinthenight 5 months ago
@Badgerinthenight If it wasn't for industry and technology the earth would only be able to sustain about 10 million people; that means that 99.9 % of the worlds population would not be able to have enough food or shelter. As a species we have industrialized and adapted the planet to sustain ourselves. The fact that we can change our environment means that we have the ability to survive and reproduce as a species, this is not a moral issue, but a product of evolution.
FriedBacon86 5 months ago
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@FriedBacon86 So what?! Humanity is a plague on the Earth. If any other species populated the planet like we do, we would feel the need to cull them!! 75% of the world's human population don't have enough food or shelter BECAUSE we have overpopulated the planet.
Badgerinthenight 5 months ago
@Badgerinthenight
Really? 50% of the world live with less than $2200 a year. Their food and shelter are inadequate compared to ours. Even the lowest decile of earners in the U.S. has greater income than 2/3rds the world. No one has to be culled as much as help each other out. Read up on income inequality on the encylopedia, and ways to solve the problem through supportive infrastructure development (see my newest posted Youtube video for a success story on that).
chanceturcotte 2 months ago
Granted if the whole world lived as our first-world nations do, yes, we would be frigged. Our consumption patterns have to stop. We have to count our blessings, and spread the wealth, because as long as we have over $2200 (which takes into account exchange rates and purchasing power parity) a year, we should be grateful as we have more than most people in the world!
chanceturcotte 2 months ago
@Badgerinthenight
Yes. Human life is worth much, much more than any other life. One human life is more important than one -insert ANY other living thing on the planet- life.
NanashiiKnight 3 months ago
@NanashiiKnight Wow.. I pity you.
Badgerinthenight 3 months ago
@Badgerinthenight
So, you have the choice to save the life of a human being, or a groundhog. One will die, you can only save one. You're saying the human being doesn't get priority?
NanashiiKnight 3 months ago
@Badgerinthenight Without "killing so many thousands of trees!! :O" my family would've starved. My father works in the forest industry, his father, his father, etc. Same goes for my mom's family. I hope you're not naive enough to think that there's not tonnes of people out there planting more trees after the loggers are done (sure it doesn't happen everywhere, but in a lot of places it does).
robdunbar21 3 months ago
how can i get this downloaded?
jp880114 7 months ago
WOW, I just zoomed back in time 20 years.
kation 7 months ago
I remember watching this on cbc as a little kid. I count myself lucky to have lived near enough to the border to get it. now my daughter enjoys it all thanks to you for uploading.
etraed 8 months ago
Great memories...came on TVO good ol channel two!!!! Came on after Polka dot door or something.
grifter721 8 months ago in playlist akira 2
Childhood memories from Alberta, ended up in Vancouver and doing this on the ocean for a living lol, very few guys can do this! Even fewer a truly good at it! Hard work that gives a real sense of pride for sure.
kingallmighty 8 months ago
all these kids with technology. this is real work right here.
MrShaggyj69 8 months ago
@MrShaggyj69 What's real work? Where you have to use your body instead of your brain? You haven't a clue what you're on about. Obviously considering you think 'kids' are the only ones utilising technology. The people who work on computers (like programming) for a living are far more intelligent than any log driver. Jeez, learn your stuff.
Badgerinthenight 6 months ago
@Badgerinthenight this was real work before technology took over. ppl today are to lazy to do the work themselves. they have computers do to the work for them. look in the video or any log driver video. you dont see gas powered chainsaws. it was all hand powered.
MrShaggyj69 6 months ago
@Badgerinthenight Yeah, try saying that to your plumber or mechanic next time you have a problem. Blue collar work *is* real work. People who work behind desks sitting on their fat asses all day have the nerve to call what they do "work"? LMFAO
Is it really work when you don't even break a sweat all day while you check out Youtube videos and your Facebook page all on company time?
I have far more respect for the log drivers than I do for any desk jockey or cubicle slave.
severedtesticles 2 weeks ago
Pure Canadiana, this.
brb, watching all my NFB favourites on youtube tonight.
Replicaate 9 months ago
best video on you tube if your from canada in the 80's
PGFIGHTS 9 months ago
Good old National Film Board eh?!
Thanks for this post - great fun!
blastmir 9 months ago
i know agood river for it
cohbore42 9 months ago
Hey, I do remember this!
irurwurst 10 months ago
Classic example of logarithms
damnfuct 10 months ago 3
i love this!
ekirent 10 months ago
i remember this from my childhood for sure!
EvrGrnOldboy 10 months ago
this is great! memories of elementary school with this one!
EvrGrnOldboy 10 months ago
Classically Canadian.
cne08 11 months ago
WOW! A flashback to my youth!
TheDuker36 11 months ago
Wow! Memories!
Anemix5 11 months ago
brings me back to the day when we had only 4 channels on tv
bill19591960 11 months ago
@bill19591960 Yeah only well off people had cable and even then cable was only 25 channels or so lol.
Arathae 11 months ago
I love this video they use to play it on sesame street
florinptecu 11 months ago 2
Really sweet :)
Brings back memories.
x100percentx 1 year ago
Lumberjacks, plaid, beaver, moose, tuque...this must be the most dense collection of Canadian stereotypes on youtube. I love it. :-) I remember seeing it on TV when I was little.
captain150 1 year ago 3
Holy fuck I think I just shit my shorts.
bwaam 1 year ago 2
Makes me wanna run out of my igloo, jump on my moose and ride until the sunset.
rbrbran277 1 year ago 3
Watching TV, the fires' a roarin prepin up for hockey night in canada, brings back good family memories...
Your not a canadian if:
1) You dont know who Sir John A. Macdonald is
2) You do not know or care about our National Anthem
3) You think a beaver tail is a beaver tail
elmtreeroad 1 year ago
takes skills to be a logger
patseglal 1 year ago
cat
novascotia2010 1 year ago
Best animation from the old days of the NFB. And Kate is and will always be amazing.
cheannbal 1 year ago
This reminds me of the "Littlest hobo"
OddeyeDL 1 year ago
WOW....I remember this as a kid, they would always show this video before the tv stations went off the air late at night right before the national anthem. Thats the only reason i know this song. I havent heard it since then and it just poped in my head out of nowhere. Classic Canadian lumber jack song!
Flopstar80 1 year ago 2
@Flopstar80 110% EXACTLY, lol
troystevenslive 1 year ago
yes, yes i do like this song
Sillybazzle 1 year ago
This is
amyvand28 1 year ago
I feel bad for kids today who can't come home after school and see this and Heritage Moments on TV.
saficus 1 year ago 63
lol aw i rememeber this! it was like my favourite song, i wouldn't stop siging it, hehe ^-^
WolframKKM 1 year ago
this is a fkin WIN
treehugggah 1 year ago
Lllllllloove It!!!!!
awgriff09 1 year ago
fuckin' right !
classic Canadian !
RimlandThesis 1 year ago 2
I've been looking for this song for years! And here it is!! Thanks so much for posting this! :)
loc234 1 year ago 4
I LOVE THIS SONG REMEMBER IN SCHOOL WE LEARNED THIS SONG I LOVE MY COUNTRY I WILL DIE FOR QUEEN/COUNTRY
thenovascotia20 1 year ago
i used to see this all the time as a kid but they took it off the air. Seeing it again brought me back, and it really is one of canada's best. Thanks
CanadianCampusMan 1 year ago 3
Beautiful, thank you. I lived in Montreal ten years, Toronto five, before returning to New Zealand where we have plenty of logs too, but we don't take 'em down rivers much these days.
PalmyBruce 1 year ago
I totally remember the part with the moose. Thanks for posting!
DustyTowne 1 year ago
AHHHHHHH!
I've been searching for this song for years now! I've found it!
CoolioRockstar 1 year ago
Wow I cant belive I seeing this. Always saw it before or after seseme street.
micahk14 1 year ago
Long live Canada and her people!
Stuckherewithyou 1 year ago
You have no idea how much it means to be able to see this again. My absolute favourite as a young child. Thank you so much for the upload
jennuofc 1 year ago 3
This sure brings back some great memories! Watched it every day! =)
lisadanielle71 1 year ago
excellent :)
MrBuckwilliam 1 year ago
can someone find the link to download this!!!!
TheCrowneJewel 1 year ago
this should have never been taken off the air!!
higgs17 1 year ago
This would play every night before the canadian channel turned off at like 2am. Right after this was the Canadian anthem.
gatekeeper501 1 year ago
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There was only French Canadians that were brave enough to do this kind of work. If it wasn't for the Quebecois,the logging industry couldn't have whittled a broom handle to shove up their asshole!
MrGigawattz 1 year ago
@MrGigawattz
Please do tell where you get your facts that only 'French Canadians' or 'Quebecois' were loggers.
lisadanielle71 1 year ago
@lisadanielle71 I think he meant to say "There was only French Canadians who lost on the Plains of Abraham" but it got lost in translation somehow.
severedtesticles 2 weeks ago
HAPPY CANADA DAY EH!!!! :D
CanEHdianRocker 1 year ago
Happy Canada Day!
NewRomanticMusic 1 year ago
I used to get up every morning and watch this on CBC.
chelsd009 1 year ago 3
omg...i remember this as a kid! i always loved it and can't believe i found it on You Tube!
sean81035 1 year ago 2
omg, so many memories. I find it scary I can sing right along, I am going to show my kids this video!
dylenger 1 year ago
wow ... he says our culture is not really "materialistic" because it has no respect for material (makes jubk) ... and respect is based on "wonder" and reverence for something important!
I think this is vitally important. Material form- observance of material form can be wonderful - like a nice hard covered book with wonderful paper and design containing excellent knowledge!? I say this is a wonderful form that should be protected! Just as these digital recordings of Watts are important!
zetetic0void 1 year ago
What a bloody great little tune and animation! I remember seeing this in between shows as an "interlude" on CBC or other Canadian station (ATV or whatever) as a kid. Along with the pencil sketches of various faces melding between each other, this "log driver's waltz " is quite memorable!
zetetic0void 1 year ago
Never mind Americana....this is Canadiana!!! :)
4merF 1 year ago 2
OMG i saw this at school today and i love it! :D Log driving looks interesting!!
nguyenx5 1 year ago
The National Film Board of Canada was awesome. If you're in Canada you can actually get a National Film Board of Canada app for the iPhone or iPod Touch... and it lets you stream & watch all of those classic films (of course, The Cat Came Back being my favorite)... I seriously recommend you check it out :D
necro2607 1 year ago
I watched this on teletoon, it was amazing! loved it!
TonyAKA30 1 year ago
Wow retro. I remember watching this on CBC when I was 10. It would show in between shows.
jpim75 1 year ago
STILL love it!!!
daisyhalo 1 year ago
Hard not to smile after listening to this.
tommyboy297 1 year ago 3
LOVE THIS, GO CANADA GO!
innetesco 1 year ago 2
Amazing.... I love this- it brings back so many memories! Thanks for posting it!
MDBNGUYEN 1 year ago
NOSTALGIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SSJ4TOM 1 year ago
Yikes. I think I remember this.
wishingstar22 1 year ago
OMG right on...lol.
This use to come on in the morning's between Polka Dot Door and Today's Special.
Man I feel old, but this sure brings back some good ol canadian memories.
Thanks for the uplaod.
LukeCawston 1 year ago 34
@LukeCawston Dude totally I remeber todays special!! lol polka dot door wow.... Where does time go eh? Remember The Littlest hobo and Beachcombers? What happened to our sweet innocent Canada eh?
OddeyeDL 1 year ago
good job
MissJessica903 1 year ago
Wow, I used to love this song as a kid!!! Infact I still do!!!!
nbrooke250 1 year ago
I'm usually the first one to complain about how boring Canada is, but when I hear this song, I feel proud to be a Canadian. :-)
Mariamousie 1 year ago
This is a clasic! I love it!
Masterg76 1 year ago
this never fails to make me smile
Gilrohir 1 year ago
this was always one of my favorite NFBC short
sailoriris4 1 year ago
I always sing the chorus and a couple lines from this song instead of "Happy birthday" for all my friends birthdays.
It goes over much better.
DeDaoZi 1 year ago
This has been in my head for days...I had to come find it.
6151RichmondStreet 1 year ago
Oh man I dont know how old I was when they used to play this on TV during commercials but I must have been younger than 10... talk about nostalgia overload.
Quetez23 1 year ago 4
The first and only time I heard the McGarrigles perform this song was in DC in the mid-1970s. It has stuck in my head ever since (sing it to myself more often than I care to admit) and I was always disappointed that they never put it on vinyl. What a treat to now find that it was put to this video. My hat's off to an amazing musical family. Kate and Anna, I can't thank you enough for all the joy your music has brought me over the years. Kate, the heavens certainly have an angels voice now.
ilive4livemusic 1 year ago
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RIP Kate. Gonna miss your voice
starlightgirlrules 2 years ago
Please see the NFB website for a much better quality version of this video
eversostupid 2 years ago 2
Sing & Dance with the Angels Kate. RIP
canfor5 2 years ago
RIP Kate
mysterion 2 years ago 2
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BlakeWiers 2 years ago
Beautiful song that reminds us all of times past, I will always remember it fondly. RIP Kate.
puklop 2 years ago
I weep inside for Kate, she was a talent who will be missed.
Thanks for posting, friend.
BootPatrol 2 years ago
This song makes me cry. Canada is not what it used to be.
RIP KATE
exv092 2 years ago
RIP Kate
Lerxst3333 2 years ago
I remember going to the movies when Princess Bride came out and this video was the opener to the movie. I watched a bunch of movies and they all started off with this song and we all memorized the lyrics and sang it often. Never as good as Kate and Anna... RIP Kate!
pearlcox 2 years ago
R.I.P. Kate indeed; and also Wade Hemsworth, who wrote this fine chune (as well as The Blackfly Song & others.)
scratchy45 2 years ago
Geez...now I'm crying...
clusterfak 2 years ago 2
Goodbye Kate...we will all miss you!
clusterfak 2 years ago
RIP Kate McGarrigle
MrBishop2 2 years ago
You beat me to this, so I'll second that sentiment.
BigBadBill2323 2 years ago
I remember watching "Log Drivers Waltz" on the Canadian version of Sesame Street when I was a young boy.
Your voice will be missed, Kate.
hauntedXsnowfort 2 years ago 2
Such a beautiful voice...Life can be so unfair.
vincevega0 2 years ago
Life can be so unfair meaning we lost a beautiful person.
vincevega0 1 year ago
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the horror! the elementary school horror!
I'm going to have this song stuck in my head for weeks now...
storm610 2 years ago
When did this song/video originally come out?
jabrahamowicz 2 years ago 4
This is a true connection to our great Canadian Culture.,..She will be missed
denis0177 2 years ago 34
Woah. This takes me back.
RIP Kate McGarrigle
babak91 2 years ago 15
Beautiful! RIP
JinnyCricket 2 years ago 4
wow, what a strong part of all of our growing up this was. Kate was a strong thread in the cultural fabric of Canada.
ryanglitter 2 years ago 2
rip kate your voice was angelic
jasperminer 2 years ago 2
RIP Kate. This will always make me smile.
BackstrokingFly 2 years ago 4
Thank you, Kate, for this lovely performance and so much more. RIP.
deckyeti 2 years ago 2
Rest in Peace, Katie McGarrigle. Thank you, and Anna, for singing on this the song, words and music, written by Wade Hemsworth
PeggyfromPorcupine 2 years ago 2
RIP Kate - January 2010.
chrisla1 2 years ago
Rest in peace dear Kate, your beautiful voice and songs will never been forgotten. Condolences to your family.
schnookee9 2 years ago 3
RIP Kate - January 2010.
chrisla1 2 years ago
oh!! Memories of childhood...
lisacooper777 2 years ago
In Memory of Kate. Thanks Kate for Writing the song
gamebird94 2 years ago
Actually, Wade Hemsworth wrote the song though he and the McGarrigle sisters did collaborate on more than one project.
dcnguyen0 2 years ago
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Rest in peace, Kate McGarrigle. You will be missed...
MyRocinanteSailed 2 years ago
The animation is charming. Who did it?
KennBurch 2 years ago
Rest in peace Kate, I remember this, it's a large part of my childhood! I loved it! My condolences to the family.
Lovinglife1973 2 years ago
I love when evangeline lilly talks about this on craig fergusen
FearOfTheFlesh 2 years ago
Rest in peace Kate - you left an indelible mark on the Canadian psyche.
dv8tech 2 years ago
There isn't a Canadian over 30 who doesn't know and love this song. While Kate didn't write it, it is her voice that sang this song to a generation of Canadians.
shaltree 2 years ago
This one of my favourite songs.....so light-hearted and sweet - just like Kate's soul.
My sincere condolences.
peppery3 2 years ago
We shall miss Kate very much. RIP
Brownrigg15 2 years ago
beautiful...rest in peace Kate.
rumpoose 2 years ago
RIP Kate. Thanks for making this video possible. I will always remember you for it.
Geordles 2 years ago
Ah, nostalgia. :)
Rest in peace, Kate McGarrigle.
ampersand2006 2 years ago
RIP Kate McGarrigle.
bdouvill 2 years ago
No way! I had cable and i still loved this!!
ilovemysphynx1 2 years ago
Only we could make a pleasant waltz and an adorable cartoon about such a deadly and manly profession.
LandHawkJr 2 years ago
wow remember this dammm this brings back memories
sk8gorepunk 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
prolly cause you didn't have cable.... if you did you'da never seen gay shit like this.
spittinslim 2 years ago
this is so cool, its a shame they don't have Canadian stuff like this on TV
PIncorrect 2 years ago
\THIS IS CANADA
jtothe100 2 years ago
Aaah, back in the days when we were allowed to be proud of our own culture, instead of having other cultures forced down our throats.
*cough* little mosque on the prairie *cough*
wilkes85 2 years ago
old schoolz
sb100sb100 2 years ago
hardhats in the middle of a river, love it.
Lithys 2 years ago
@Lithys
Not a joke.
tuzalov 2 years ago
@tuzalov My grandfather is in this damm video and the NFBoC wont release this video,the only reason this vid is here is because the nfb TREE/ EyE isnt here thank god or noone would see it.
tuzalov 2 years ago
tuzalov, this vid is up on the NFB video site free for the watching, and you can buy a copy through the NFB store. It has been available for years now.
lexprospicit 2 years ago
1. If a tree falls on you, you die regardless of having a hat on, although in case of stray... I do not know the technical name for the poles used to push logs... flying around.
2. Yes it is a joke, I have the pleasure of working where I wear a hardhat in the middle of a field, equally amusing.
Lithys 2 years ago
Classic Canada! Makes you proud to be Canadian to the core. Take's us back to when we had no worries and brings back so many memories. True Canadian Patriot Love!
lovedshepherd 2 years ago 11
hahaha You really would only understand it if you were Canadian to the core. Brings back some great CBC morning memories. Much respect to those who braved the waters from the muddy fraser to the st. lawrence to get this great nations natural resources movin!
F15EagleDriver3 2 years ago 4