The Maple Leaf Forever - Happy Dominion Day!

The song, The Maple Leaf Forever, to celebrate Dominion Day. It was written by a Canadian Orangeman, Alexander Muir and is the best Canadian song. This has the first and last verses and chorus of this song. Please there are pictures of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, when it says King to bring its relevance to today. Please enjoy, and Happy Dominion Day!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Maple
• Leaf
• Forever
• Canada
• Dominion
• Day
• Queen
• Orange
• Order
• 1867
• Patriotic
• Alexander
• Muir

[mgayford]

I didn't know Muir was an Orangeman. The fact that he was part of a sectarian organization like that actually makes the song less appealing to me, but as a Canadian and a secularist I can still enjoy it. I'm just glad that our first PM and many of his comrades and successors chose to belong to a less divisive fraternal organization.

[orangemike1690]

Our first PM, Sir John A. Macdonald was a member of the Orange Order along with fellow Prime Ministers; John Abbott, Mackenzie Bowell and John Diefenbaker. Orangemen made Canada what it is today and is not sectarian, its a Pro-Protestant organization who believe in the British Crown. Equality to all, Special privillage to none. Alot of good had come from the Orange Order and the charitable works it does, its not what the media protrays it as at all.

[rje888]

Fantastic video, Gog bless our Queen and all the people of the British Commonwealth across the world.

[marklavar]

And don't forget South Africa, which was sadly surrendered to rule by barbarians.

[Oswulf1]

The singer is surely Edward Johnson, the great Canadian tenor who sang at La Scala and the other great opera houses of Europe.

[seanseanleprechaun]

Thanks so much for putting this up. Our lovely old anthem, I remember singing in grade school. Both m'Grandads, both m' Uncles and m' Dad fought under our Red Ensign. I'll always have a special place in m'heart for that flag, which I bring out and fly every Dominion Day!

[TheGuilbran78]

@PatchesRips why not sing O Canada and add on a few words and sing it in the maple leaf forever tune

[PatchesRips]

@Alex911TheCanadian And just to be clear: I never said that the principal motivation for Canadians patriating the Constitution was at Britain's insistence. Obviously, we had our own reasons for doing so. What I am saying is that when we FINALLY did, the British were glad to see the back of the thing.

[PatchesRips]

@Alex911TheCanadian (cont'd) Until 1982, anytime Canada wanted to change so much as a comma in the BNA Act, it wound up taking up time on the dockets of the British Parliament, who had their own business to worry about. There were DOZENS of pre-1982 amendments; it was a needless pain in their ass. It was a lot like having a middle aged son who'd come home ever time he needed his shoes tied because he couldn't be bothered to learn how. They were happy to get rid of the thing.

[PatchesRips]

@Alex911TheCanadian "You are suggesting that Britain wanted us to do this"

They did, as early as the 1920s. It had nothing to do with having power over Canada, and everything to do with having a former colony get its act together and start taking responsibility for coming up with a way mutually acceptable to the feds and the provinces to amend the thing. That was all that was holding it up.

(cont'd)

[Alex911TheCanadian]

@PatchesRips You sir, have you facts biased and contorted. The patriation of the Constitution was to grant Canada "Political Independence from Great Britain". You are suggesting that Britain wanted us to do this so that it would be an other nuisance off their back. For this reason, I must disagree to your statement.

[TheGuilbran78]

OMFG this should ve stayed as our anthem it more patriotic