The New Maple Leaf Forever

A revised and updated revision of 'Canada's National Song', that remains faithful to the spirit of the original by Alexander Muir.

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[CanadianGuerrilla]

I love this new version! I liked the original, and all the historical references EXCEPT those about James Wolfe (who the Canadians at that time fought against) and some of the references to other British dominions. Even though we do absolutely share a heritage with Ireland and so forth, there are no references to France, which was dissapointing. These lyrics are more unique to us. Congratulations on the new song!

[piddflicks]

@CanadianGuerrilla Merci beaucoup. I would say, however, that 'les Canadiens' of pre-British Canada are not the same as Canadians today who are the product of British Canada because Canada, as a country, rather than as a French colony, came into existence in 1867. It is a matter of citizenship rather than ethnicity. I still would prefer to keep the Queen or King in the song because it is so deeply embedded in 'Canadian' culture.

[TiocfaidhArLa]

What exactly is wrong with the original? The Queen is still the Queen of Canada, and should be acknowledged as such.

[piddflicks]

@TiocfaidhArLa Yes, I perhaps could leave the Queen in the chorus but the social/political climate in Canada today is far removed from the days when I was a boy in British Canada. The original, magnificent lyrics are dedicated to the British Empire, to England, Scotland and Ireland, and the land of the Maple Leaf as being a part of the British Empire and the battles to preserve British North America. I grew up with these and we sang them easily because we were surrounded by all things British.

[YukiNekoPrincess]

Argh, this version is so militaristic! It nearly hurts my ears. The lyrics are nice, though! But seriously, what's wrong with "God save the Queen"?

[piddflicks]

@YukiNekoPrincess You mean militaristic like the Canadian army freeing the Netherlands from Nazi occupation and starvation? Noble deeds are differeent from militarism which refers to the use of military force for its own sake and usually not for anything near noble.

[flosssock]

Original is better. God Save the Queen

[Oswulf1]

@piddflicks Canada's political system, its legal system (except for civil matters in Quebec) and its economic system are all British, not French. In the 19th century, the leaders of French Canada were *grateful* for the Conquest.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@BritishQuebecer btw, the UK is part of the EU.

Lots of British people (and I mean a lot) don't like being part of the EU, but we're still in it. It's not so bad; we can travel without passports, we don't need visas to live or work anywhere else in the EU, etc.

We love our Canadian (and Commonwealth) allies dearly, we've just got over the taking over the world syndrome.

[georgeamery]

sadly I have had to give this the thumbs down. The old one should have been updated.the the things that was once their pride is still their pride.The loss of any mention of the Queen,Britain or even the Commonwealth is a great shame

[darylfn]

Yikes!  Where's the fire?

[CanadianGuerrilla]

@piddflicks

own. But hey, that's my two cents.

[CanadianGuerrilla]

@piddflicks

That is how you see it, and that's fair enough, but I always think that a country cannot come together unless the two great racial streams embrace each other's respective histories as their own. An Albertan should be able to consider Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine as a hero. I always see the people's history as the country's history. I may not be French Canadian (although I'm almost certain there's a family strand, my grandfather and I are researching it), but I see their history as my

[amckayceng]

@BritishQuebecer

How I wish your sentiment could be implemented. But, our inglorious politicians, running scared of the 'multi-culture' society (ie scared of offending muslims, and wanting to forget our shared history, and the monarchy!) will NOT do a thing.

[pratorianxiii]

I like the true maple leaf forever. No tip toeing around our history with it. This only shames those who faught and died for this country including members of my family from the 1700s to this day.