Out on the Mira

[SarahRadish]

We sang this song in choir at the very end of grade 12. I loved the bits out of it because it's just so pretty and nostalgic and fanciful. The arrangement was just gorgeous and it was a really nice change from some of the stuff we had been singing at the time.

It just brings a smile to my face. :)

[SamiMacKenzie]

I love this song, simply because it has such an important meaning to me. I've never been to the Mira though. I'm about to turn fourteen in an hour, but I can still remember as a little girl sitting out on the porch in the summer, laying with my dad.

He'd sing this to me over and over until we had to go inside. Just hearing this song brings me to tears now.

I can shamelessly admit I would rather listen to this than the crappy pop music people expect me to like.

[jabbathewookie]

fuck i miss home ...good to hear this song when i get lonely ...living the dream in alberta but one day we will all come back

[deckyeti]

It's a different part of the country, but this song always reminds me of our river, our cottage and the sweet little town we drive through to get there. Heart-warming stuff.

[NSringette09]

@soccerdiva200

William King Elementary & Ms. MacEwen (:

[gumbypuss09]

def check out simon ferets down on the mira. BOTH are great tunes

[MrTops2100]

Awesome.

[jennabug159]

omg i did this song in the sixth grade :D

[Songstation505]

@jennabug159 ME TOO!!!!! :O

[thomas1968ie]

beautiful song but singin is too fast..

[hali1966]

@thomas1968ie - I like it sung this way, not long and drawn out... :)

[Hoffmanngerhard]

What an absolutely beautiful rendition of Marian Bridge. What a beautiful language English is. Good God am I glad to be allowed to live here.

[bernard1422]

Out on the Myra on warms afternoons old men go fishing with black line and spoons. And if they catch nothing, they never complain I wish I was with them again Can you imagine a piece of the universe more fit for princes and kings? I trade you ten of your cities for Marion Bridge and the pleasure it brings. Out on the Myra the people are kind, they treat you to home-brew and help you unwind. And if you come broken, they see that you to mend Oh, I wish I was with them again.

[BettyK1958]

I am a Cape Bretoner who lives about a 1/2 hr from Mira and I always loved this song. Nice pictures..Wtg..on video

[kipper154]

I think the song is song by a group called mckinty the played in pubs in Halifax in the early 70.s I use to see this group at the Dick Turpen Pub in Scotia Square Mall when I was in the Navy

[ChickyPoo32]

Ya can't beat Cape Breton... Very beautiful place... I've been living here my whole life and couldn't imagine ever moving away from here..

[paulmac646]

It's a Cape Breton song.

[Atremious]

If you want a piece of heaven go to the Cape

[JohnnyMac1020]

Wonderful rendition and great pictures. Mira is one of the most beautiful places in the whole world. My father and his family grew up in Grand Mira North. Lil' bit of Heaven.

I will be with them again!

[hawk3878]

love

[GroupeForest]

What fond memories they are. I look at your photos and imagine easily that they could be ours. To the LeBlanc's - thank you so much. Lynn Briand (3 cottages down) - between Morrison's and Chiasson's

[josephbriand]

Great Memories! We were two cottages down from this one. I believe it was the Billard family during those days!

[daintybombiestar]

17777 view :) love it

[NSringette09]

amazing song , loved it since the very first time i heard it in elementary school with my music teacher. (:

[TheJessiesuperstar]

wow your soooooooo lucky we have to sing this at school it sounds nothing like it

[moviebuddy14]

i live right on the mira . the best place on earth and the best 14 years of my life ! :)

[lexie2008srg]

@moviebuddy14

I discovered the Mira quite by accident while wandering around Cape Breton.

What an experience---I can't wait to come back.

The first look I had was crossing the bridge where the river meets the bay on

the way to Louisbourg. I have been to Nova Scotia three times now and each time discover something unforgetable. The Mira was the surprise during my most recent visit. Beautiful!

[asbpab1966]

Finally, a version with no missing verses. And one of the best I've heard.

[jessibooroo]

OMG! I go swimming there when I was down home as a kid. I'm lucky to be moving home this summer and I'm SO excited. Thank God for this music on here! It makes the homesickness a little less harder to bear.

[Elevationary]

when i hear this song it reminds me of a song sung by another,it just goes to show that the Irish of Cape Breton are live and well.its a pity we are so far apart in the world.Ireland's culture is not what it use to be,its kinda sad. i hope to visit Cap Breton some day, i knew there was a big Irish culture in Canada,i never knew it was so big.and i hope you still speak Breton,or as we call it, Gaelic,i am curious to know the other half of my culture.

[PoLaRIV]

Yup, perfect definition of the beauty of Cape Breton. The MacGillivray's would be pleased :D

[morefngdbs]

by far the best version on this site of this song. I worked with Allister when I was part of the crew on New Waterford Girl, in 1999. Nice song, written by a really nice guy.

[Deeperwonder]

I'm living in Ontario right now while I complete my graduate studies...I can't wait to come back to the island this summer and spend some time on the Mira.

[georgesyoussef1990]

cape breton !!!! best place in the world !!! i will never move !! live poor in cape breton and never move

[rankin383]

She is the best place in the world. Don't ever leave her. It took me many years to figure that living poor at home is way better than the rest.

[cjbubba250]

I sang this sing to my grampie b4 he died and he said to me "sis u have such a preatty voice" i miss him but this song keeps me going :)

[mostfortune8]

My daddy was born in New Waterford and he filled me with a love for Cape Breton!! This is my most fav song ever!!

[scottmacg100]

I love this song ! Being from NS attending STFX this song has a true meaning to all my family memories!!

[sonotacheerleader]

Cape Breton is where my heart will always be <3 nothing beats the bonfires, boats, beaches, Main Event, Lick a Chick, Main Event, tea&squares, Baddeck and just the amazing people and just being in Cape Breton <3

[d915morgan]

Foster and Allen do a version of this beautiful song. I am not from Canada but when working away from home it brings happy memories to me.

[bobbyzz94]

the first version of the song I could find on YouTube and which I really like...

[hordolmer]

Hey, does anyone know the song, i think it is by John Allan Cameron, and it goes "I got a cold tin penny in my hand. It's a quarter to 1 and the fun's just begun..."??? If so please REPLY to this message so I know someone has commented. Thanks

[ariesgypsy]

I believe the name of the song is "Good Times" and it is indeed by John Allen Cameron. In each verse, he mentions yet another brand of beer, right? A sweet and witty song, I think.

[nosnah18]

i grew up on the mira! nothing compares to it

[mileycyrus101777]

This is one og the most beautiful songs I've ever hear!!!!!!!!!!!!

[plane700]

my second grade teacher was from there, and she died two years ago. she was the best teacher that I had ever had

[oscarblue]

Jezx21, just remember hun it's always in our hearts so that means your never far away from the ocean smell and the friendly environments of kitchen parties and bomb fires as long as you don't forget where your roots are too. I love the island myself i only get to see it every couple years now...unfortunately! but nothing beats the "lick a chick" or the "Cabot trail"

fellow caper

Oscar blue

[jezx21]

Strait outa the Highlands baby!!!

[jezx21]

Oh how I miss my home...Cape Breton is far away from me now but its where my heart is at :0)

[13webkinz13]

I love this song Anyone out there could you Get me the lyrics Please I would really apearicate it

[aranhilfp01]

Where is the music from? Which musician?

[dannilynn]

It is Song for the Mira (Out on the Mira) by John Allan Cameron.

[ryanmurphy15]

This is John Allan Cameron's rendition of the song but I believe it was actually written in 1973 by Allister MacGillivray. I just thought I'd point that out. It's a great song!

[RuckinLguard]

@dannilynn  It was actually written and performed by Allister MacGillivray. John Allan may have recorded it at some point, but this is not him.

[BonusBallProd]

@aranhilfp01 It was actually written and sung by Allister MacGillvray.

[kidrock11]

my " Bungalo" became my home and I spent my teen age years growing up quite literally on the Mira... I'll never forget that place.

Rob

[LeesahBee85]

WOOOOOooooooo! Go Capers!! hehe thank you for this video!! I love being from Cape Breton! brings back memories =D

[Quag7]

About once a year, I hear some stunning song, and I go online to find out about it and basically it turns out it's some Canadian song that like everyone in Canada knows.

It continues to irritate me how little exposure Canadian things get in the United States considering how we rudely spray all of the dregs of our culture down here across their television, newspapers, and movie screens.

The charms of Canada continue to require no cultural translation, for me, at least.

[Lavendersky39]

Sorry Quag7- I accidentally gave you a thumbs down :( That's a THUMBS UP all the way!!!!!

[DAVEY500MUSIC]

@Quag7 how true

[EWAdams]

@Quag7 Hear, hear! Well said. I agree -- from what little I've been able to find, I love Canandian music.

[Rainy55]

brings me to tears, just like my mom's old pictures of her youth in Nova Scotia. We played this song at her memorial. I want to go visit her stomping grounds as soon as I can. so proud to be part Maritimer. thank you, excellent job.

[musicmaster333]

Great stills and excellent music. If you haven't recorded this yet, do so. Fantastic version. I'm a transplanted Cape Bretoner.

[skaselecter]

I like your video...I heard part of this song in the movie New Waterford Girl and really liked it...although none are good as the partial version in the movie...that I've come across. This one is good...I'm an american who loves everything canadian...I just watched Da Vinci's inquest and will now tivo corner gas...:)