I get teary-eyed at "At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane, our brave fathers side by side, for freedom, homes, and loved ones dear, firmly stood and nobly died!" God Save our Queen and Heaven Bless the Maple Leaf Forever!
@@awfan221 you really like abandoning the foundation of our constitution and yielding to a toothless and unresplendent, inglorious Republic? No thank you. I prefer hailing as my head of state that great and noble lady Elizabeth of the House of Windsor, rather than some colourless bureaucrat endowed with that favoured epithet of dictators and hucksters, “President”. Sadder than any sentiment of mine is your need to deride it.
@@awfan221 or perhaps you’d like the wonderful and well-lubricated system our American cousins have? Their much-vaunted three branches of government; Intolerance, corruption, and idiocy?
@@awfan221 I love Canadas openness to the world, dear. My daughter is married to a Lovely Nigerian fellow and my grandkids are mixed-race. I adore them with all my heart. I am no xenophobe nor racist, and I don’t wish to revert history. Constitutional monarchy is not inherently racist nor xenophobic, it is a guarantee of the liberties that have made our country great. You are so quick to deride me, even though, I suspect, on many questions we are not at odds. You perhaps should be less quick to judge.
@@awfan221 you brought a tear to my eyes dear. It takes a lot to apologise to someone, especially a total stranger. We may disagree on the role of the monarchy in this country, but if young people in Canada are, on the whole, like you, it gives me hope for the future. And while I may not love the new anthem as much as the one that played when I was a little girl, I still stand for it and sing it when it plays. As for the far-right, rest assured I am horrified by them as much as you. My son-in-law was harassed outside of his job not a week ago by these fools clogging up the capital, and I blanch at the thought that any of them would appropriate the symbols of this home of liberty for their hateful and retrograde views. My father stormed the beaches of Normandy to put that kind of hate in its grave; it grieves me endlessly that any Canadian would embrace ideas that stand in stark opposition to this country's noblest traditions. Canada may not be perfect, but if young people like you love her still, she will grow better and brighter every day. And when old folks like me are at rest, you can make the choice to do away with the monarchy if you must, but until then, I will evoke the prayer and the anthem, "God Save the Queen!" God bless you dear.
It represents the old Canada. The Francophones in Quebec never liked it for obvious reasons. Yes, the old ensign and that beautiful song SHOULD have been our anthem. We could have re-worked the words to make them more inclusive. "Oh, Canada" is dirgelike and repetitive.
Long live great britain， best wishes to Canada ，beacause it an old song，and I learned that this song is not too long, just three months but in my heart Canada is still very beautiful
@@surgeland9084 Sadly, this is correct. And every person like me who benefited from it needs to acknowledge it, even if it wasn't our fault, and even if we personally played no part in it. In order for the Aboriginal People to heal, we must recognize what happened. It was no where near the scale of the USA genocide, and in fact, in Canada it was not intended to be a genocide, or an ethnic cleansing. But that doesn't erase the fact that it happened anyway. The people in charge at the time knew damn well what they were doing. The very few who didn't know should have known full well. The Queen promised to help and protect them in exchange for help fighting the US, but those were empty promises that meant nothing at all. She knew full well what was being done in her name, throughout her "Empire". They were still hunted and starved on Canadian soil, and almost every single treaty they were forced into was broken so many times that they meant almost nothing. And they are still being broken all over the country. Even though I'm not Indigenous, one of the proudest moments of my life was when Elijah Harper stood up in the legislature of my province, eagle feather in hand, and said "No." surprising all of Canada! He said it quietly, but that 1 word was heard across the continent, and across the Atlantic Ocean. It scuttled Prime Minister Mulroney's Meech Lake Accord, and saved us from another of the Conservatives' bad decisions. Mulroney put SO MUCH pressure on him, but Elijah would not budge! That soft spoken man stood up for all of his people, and by extension all Canadians! So I propose somebody who is Native should write an Ode To Elijah Harper, and THAT should be our national anthem. Or an Ode To Louis Riel (who was also a Manitoban). Better yet, we need a song that doesn't sound sappy, like most anthems do, and that focuses on the Canadian First Nations and Inuit people and gives them true credit as the care takers of the northern part of the Western Hemisphere. And credit for all of the help they so willingly gave to the English and French in getting established here. (It would have been futile to fight, but they didn't know that at first. They just wanted to save the white men from suffering, and to trade for metals.) That is where Canada's true identity lies. As an unequal partnership with the Native Peoples in this far northern frigid place. The only way our identity has anything to do with the US is in our fight to remain seperate from them. At the time we had nothing at all in common, except the boats that came from Europe. They were fleeing something. We were not. They wanted the furs that belonged to the Indians and the land. So did we, but we considerred them ours and we wanted nothing to do with the US. We would have lost the war of 1812 and become part of the US if we had not been helped by the Indians. It's about time the Indigenous Canadians started to be recognized for their gigantic contribution! In a way, they were our Founding Fathers. If it weren't for them there would be no Canada. Kanata is the Native name for house or home. I, for one, say Thank You Very Much for all of your contributions!
@@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn It's sad that you don't recognize the ethnic cleansing that occurred in North America, in the US and Canada. Every person like me who benefited from it needs to acknowledge it, even if it wasn't directly our fault, and even if we personally played no part in it. In order for the Aboriginal People to heal, we must recognize what happened. It was no where near the scale of the USA genocide, and in fact, in Canada it was not intended to be a genocide, or an ethnic cleansing. But that doesn't erase the fact that it happened anyway. The people in charge at the time knew damn well what they were doing. The very few who didn't know should have known full well. The Queen promised to help and protect them in exchange for help fighting the US, but those were empty promises that meant nothing at all. She knew full well what was being done in her name, throughout her "Empire". They were still hunted and starved on Canadian soil, and almost every single treaty they were forced into was broken so many times that they meant almost nothing. And they are still being broken all over the country. Even though I'm not Indigenous, one of the proudest moments of my life was when Elijah Harper stood up in the legislature of my province, eagle feather in hand, and said "No." surprising all of Canada! He said it quietly, but that 1 word was heard across the continent, and across the Atlantic Ocean. It scuttled Prime Minister Mulroney's Meech Lake Accord, and saved us from another of the Conservatives' bad decisions. Mulroney put SO MUCH pressure on him, but Elijah would not budge! That soft spoken man stood up for all of his people, and by extension all Canadians! So I propose somebody who is Native should write an Ode To Elijah Harper, and THAT should be our national anthem. Or an Ode To Louis Riel (who was also a Manitoban). Better yet, we need a song that doesn't sound sappy, like most anthems do, and that focuses on the Canadian First Nations and Inuit people and gives them true credit as the care takers of the northern part of the Western Hemisphere. And credit for all of the help they so willingly gave to the English and French in getting established here. (It would have been futile to fight, but they didn't know that at first. They just wanted to save the white men from suffering, and to trade for metals.) That is where Canada's true identity lies. As an unequal partnership with the Native Peoples in this far northern frigid place. The only way our identity has anything to do with the US is in our fight to remain seperate from them. At the time we had nothing at all in common, except the boats that came from Europe. They were fleeing something. We were not. They wanted the furs that belonged to the Indians and the land. So did we, but we considerred them ours and we wanted nothing to do with the US. We would have lost the war of 1812 and become part of the US if we had not been helped by the Indians. It's about time the Indigenous Canadians started to be recognized for their gigantic contribution! In a way, they were our Founding Fathers. If it weren't for them there would be no Canada. Kanata is the Native name for house or home. I, for one, say Thank You Very Much for all of your contributions!
To our Canadian Brothers and sisters Let the Thistle, Shamrock Roes (&Lilly) entwine The Maple Leaf FOREVER!! From the "Old County" to the new we and the free world owe Canada a dept of gratitude for 2 world.wars in freedom's cause the Maple.leaf (ensign) flew alongside the flags of Freedom in the liberation of the world 🇬🇧🤝 🇨🇦 Through bitter wars In freedoms cause Side by side they fought and died A glowing light to all the world *The Maple Leaf 🍁 Forever*
Yes, but the lyrics omit the fleur de lys despite your attempt to include with the Lilly in parenthesis. So a song for white Protestants from Britain while excluding everyone else. Consign it to the dustbin of history where it rightly belongs.
@harkmi3 The song is from a different era back when White men from the United Kingdom ran ⅓ of the world's landmass (Canada being the largest). So yes, it would be written to favour the Britishness of Canada way back when some Canadains were more British than the British! My toast, if you were, was to try and right a wrong by trying to include the Quebec and French identity of Canada. And again, take me away from the point that if Canada didn't stand up twice in the space of 21 years, the world would be so much different and not in a good way.
[Insert generic stereotypical joke about Canada here] Happy Canada Day all! I hope despite the struggles you've all endured, you still find time to celebrate and appreciate how far you've come!
@@kellenkehoe8340 I was born in "Canada". I have seen it coast to coast; from Mi'kmaqi to Moksgm'ol. It is built on the genocide of native people; a crime it continues to commit with the theft of children from their homes and the forced sterilization of native women and its culture is nothing more than a hollow, pseudo-anglophilic program of apartheid.
Up until 1960 we sang this every day in school. When I went to highschool we sang O Canada in French which is better as well than the English version. in French
Many may say that Canada is the hat of the USA, but, truly, they are our shield. Gods bless the Provinces, Territories, and Maritimes. #MapleLeafAndStarsAndStripes
Yea. It's a decent cultural anthem for Canadians of British ancestry though. But I don't think it could or should be used outside of that. Beautiful song though
I agree. And while I like O Canada, the English version is quite vanilla imo. The og French lyrics is at least more poetic, but I always found that our anthem lacked that certain umph. There's room for improvement for sure, but that's just my opinion
This is a wonderful beautiful rendition of the song. However it was never Canadas national anthem. It is a great patriotic hymn..Canadas national anthem prior to adopting O Canada, was God Save the King or Queen. Apparently you are not Canadian....because you'd know better..update this inaccuracy.
@@couldntthinkofagoodname4384 Native women go missing at an alarming rate. Nearly 200 times that of the average person. Additionally, they are privy to forced sterilizations and police harassment. And this is only the beginning. There are also issues of access to drinking water, land seizure, and so on. Not to mention the reality of residential schools still impacting the present. The last one closed in 1996 after all.
@@jk-gb4et Not when your nation is built on genocide. The only way to move forward is to shut down this shit hole and join us natives in solidarity. That is the only acceptable solution.
The Maple Leaf For Ever, was never the Canadian National Anthem, just a national song, sang mostly in the English speaking sections of the country. The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined, (what no fleur de lis?) not very Franco friendly eh?
July 1st is the celebration of the British North America treaty. The French get lower Canada, the British get everything else. No French PMs. No Catholics. That was the deal.
Look, the French Canadians don't like us, and we don't like them. I wasn't born in Canada but my mother was, and she taught me never to trust those frogs. I mean, think about it: have the French ever had a good idea? They invented the left.
The version I learned in school was "the lily, thistle, shamrock, rose..." So the fleur de lis was first. That makes sense since the French arrived before the English. Who could object to that? Not me, and I came from Eastern Europe with no Anglo blood whatsoever. Canada Day was Dominion Day and I knew of no immigrants back then who objected to it. Nor did the First Nations family that lived next door. Their kids and I attended the same neighbourhood public school.
Sadness is rising all of my body when this song is not a national anthem of Canada any longer, for me, this is more patriotic love and nicer than ‘‘O Canada”.
@@1313tennisman Modern Canada is merely a walking corpse at this point, both culturally and economically. When I think of modern Canada, all I can think of is a faceless, vacuous and fragmented place with no identity or culture. And no, "multiculturalism" isn't real culture.
I still remember when they sang this song at the closing ceremony of winter olympic in Vancouver on the first of March 2010. Greetings from Finland!:-) Terveisiä Suomesta!:-)
This is the first time I have actually heard this from start to finish. My father always used to say this should have been kept as our national anthem!
@@JudithSeymour-yo7lk interesting! In the 1960s, my mom sang God Save the Queen followed by O Canada. Did you sing The Maple Leaf Forever in school too?
I know it says the lyrics but I don’t care 0:00 Verse 1: In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came and planted firm Britannia’s flag on Canada’s fair domain. Here may it wave, our boast, our pride, and, joined in love together, the thistle, shamrock, rose entwine. The Maple Leaf forever! The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear, The Maple Leaf forever! God save our King, and Heaven bless The Maple Leaf Forever 1:00 Verse 2: At Queenston Heights and Lundy’s Lane, our brave fathers, side by side, for freedom, homes, and loved ones dear, firmly stood and nobly died; and those dear rights which they maintained, we swear to yield them never! Our watchword evermore shall be: The Maple Leaf forever! The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear, The Maple Leaf forever! God save our King, and Heaven bless The Maple Leaf forever! 1:58 Verse 3: Our fair Dominion now extends from Cape Race to Nootka Sound; may peace forever be our lot, and plenteous store abound: And may those ties of love be ours which discord cannot sever, and flourish green o’er freedoms home. The Maple Leaf forever! The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear, The Maple Leaf forever! God save our King, and Heaven bless The Maple Leaf forever
Fat chance again because America French is not acknowledged. Because in Canada both English and French are the official languages, but all over America the official language is English the only other language is Spanish
It was never a national anthem but quite popular. Canada did not have an official national anthem or flag for that matter until the mid late 60s.The lyrics has changed multiple times over the years.
Thank you for posting this! I don't remember this song from my school days in the 60's, although other commenters have. This gave me goosebumps and I almost came to tears! It's SO beautiful!
Change a few words around and make this the anthem! What a tune! Always thought it was weird the toronto maple leafs never embraced this song at games. Bagpiper before every game would be sick
This song is a testament to the drastic changes that have recently unfolded in Canada. Plop your average Canadian from the 1867-1980 era in to today’s Canada and behold the disbelief.
One caveat- like the US before 1934 [date IIRC], Canada before 1980 had many patriotic tunes but no official national anthem. Like the US formally adopting the Star Spangled Banner in 1932, we officially adopted O Canada in 1980. Like the US with the Star Spangled Banner, we in fact made official the song that had for a very long time been the leading contender and most popular and widely used anthem. I can attest that O Canada, though with famously a few word differences, was in nigh universal use as a national anthem before 1980. Many can attest far farther back, but I'll say right now it was so used in Ontario schools in the 70s. The Maple Leaf Forever was already well into the background, though my dad certainly knew it and would have endorsed it as the national anthem given the chance. Damn if it isn't beautiful.
I still think this should have been our national anthem even today. Of course it is almost never heard because we have to be careful not to offend the Quebec Separatist crowd. Along with the socialist and Globalist crowd. Because we are supposed to be ashamed of our heritage and history. Great to hear it again. Thank you for posting this
My dad's regiment was The 48th Highlanders. The 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums play this at the opening Toronto Maple Leafs' game every year. I have always thought it would make a better anthem than O Canada. When the 48th Highlanders took part in the liberation of Apeldoorn, the Dutch formed their own 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums band.
This sounds great, but I can’t imagine singing this every morning at school. The one we have now is nice, patriotic, and just the right length for hockey games and school mornings.
I have never heard this song before! I started school in 1970. At the beginning of our assemblies at school we sang Oh Canada, and at the end we sang God Save the Queen. Needless to say, I'm going to have to verify this.
Don’t get me wrong, this sound beautiful, but within the first 2 verse you see why it was changed, that’s a good way to set Quebec ablaze and star a revolution 😂
*I say "hi" from all of Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada.* *The Maple leaf forever!* *Я кажу "привіт" від усієї діаспори Українців в Канаді.* *Лист Кльону назавжди!*
Happy Dominion Day/Joyeux Jour du Confédération! P.S. I always thought that dominion day/day of confédération had a nicer ring to it than Canada Day/Fête du Canada
The Red Ensign Canada flag is the true flag of Canada. The brave Canadian men of WW1 and WW2 DIED for that flag. The Canada flag today is wonderful too but its not the flag that made Canada the independent country today that the soldiers of both world wars died for. The Red Ensign is the true flag of this great land. Canada was built on war and those men would be ashamed to see what we have become. Never forget those men. Maple leaf forever!
@@Greeeeeeen480 I'm in Ontario but I've been in New Brunswick almost 10 times. What a beautiful province. I love history and want others to appreciate it too like me and you.
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I’ve never heard this version before, this is great!
It always aggravates me when someone decides singing about Wolfe is fine but we can't POSSIBLE keep the verse about 1812
Did ingen just heart someone? He never does that.
Damn. And they said Avengers + Guardians was the most ambitious crossover ever :)
@@Veriox22 Hes the duke of Canada
It's Canada dude
i literally just listened to this song a few minutes ago.
I didn't even know it was Canada day.
Same
Shame
@@filemon278 ba't ka nadito?
Well, the issue being this song heavily references the conquest of the Québécois
Well, the issue being this song heavily references the conquest of the Québécois to a point where being Québécois I’d feel awkward singing it
I get teary-eyed at
"At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane,
our brave fathers side by side,
for freedom, homes, and loved ones dear,
firmly stood and nobly died!"
God Save our Queen and Heaven Bless the Maple Leaf Forever!
@@awfan221 you really like abandoning the foundation of our constitution and yielding to a toothless and unresplendent, inglorious Republic? No thank you. I prefer hailing as my head of state that great and noble lady Elizabeth of the House of Windsor, rather than some colourless bureaucrat endowed with that favoured epithet of dictators and hucksters, “President”.
Sadder than any sentiment of mine is your need to deride it.
@@awfan221 or perhaps you’d like the wonderful and well-lubricated system our American cousins have? Their much-vaunted three branches of government; Intolerance, corruption, and idiocy?
@@awfan221 I love Canadas openness to the world, dear. My daughter is married to a Lovely Nigerian fellow and my grandkids are mixed-race. I adore them with all my heart. I am no xenophobe nor racist, and I don’t wish to revert history.
Constitutional monarchy is not inherently racist nor xenophobic, it is a guarantee of the liberties that have made our country great. You are so quick to deride me, even though, I suspect, on many questions we are not at odds. You perhaps should be less quick to judge.
@@awfan221 also, you will grow old too, dear. And when you do, I hope young people are kinder to you.
@@awfan221 you brought a tear to my eyes dear. It takes a lot to apologise to someone, especially a total stranger. We may disagree on the role of the monarchy in this country, but if young people in Canada are, on the whole, like you, it gives me hope for the future. And while I may not love the new anthem as much as the one that played when I was a little girl, I still stand for it and sing it when it plays.
As for the far-right, rest assured I am horrified by them as much as you. My son-in-law was harassed outside of his job not a week ago by these fools clogging up the capital, and I blanch at the thought that any of them would appropriate the symbols of this home of liberty for their hateful and retrograde views. My father stormed the beaches of Normandy to put that kind of hate in its grave; it grieves me endlessly that any Canadian would embrace ideas that stand in stark opposition to this country's noblest traditions. Canada may not be perfect, but if young people like you love her still, she will grow better and brighter every day.
And when old folks like me are at rest, you can make the choice to do away with the monarchy if you must, but until then, I will evoke the prayer and the anthem, "God Save the Queen!"
God bless you dear.
You can always rely on Ingen to find a good version of a song.
I wouldnt say always
@@sosia3110 ik,remember johnny comes marching home?
I think I prefer the version everyone knows, actually. That organ really sells the tume
You can rely on his comment section to find extremists.
@@bogdangeorgescu2659 And waltzing matilda. sung by an american doesn't sound right
I went to a one room school house 1956 and we always sang this song in the morning as well as God save the Queen.
I'm not even canadian but this has to be one of the most beautiful patriotic songs out there
Hello
From canada
Noone does propaganda like Canada. Our heritage minutes bring a tear to my eyes every time.
God bless the King. God Bless Canada. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
*Canadian
It represents the old Canada. The Francophones in Quebec never liked it for obvious reasons. Yes, the old ensign and that beautiful song SHOULD have been our anthem. We could have re-worked the words to make them more inclusive. "Oh, Canada" is dirgelike and repetitive.
@@Mrskateboardboy can always go back...I I know I will
Honestly speaking, this has more heart and originality than "Oh Canada."
Plus ''Oh Canada'' was originally a separatist anthem.
Although O Canada works much better as an anthem cause this song completely ignores the French and indigenous, even if it is musically better
@@Towalak thats why its superior to this one better than sucking up to the brits lol
I watched a different version the reason is there why it isnt
@@Bishmark-nq7ti So?
Long live great britain， best wishes to Canada ，beacause it an old song，and I learned that this song is not too long, just three months but in my heart Canada is still very beautiful
If you like genocide.
@@surgeland9084 What genocide?
@@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn The one the country is based on. Are you aware of the Indigenous people of the "country"?
@@surgeland9084 Sadly, this is correct. And every person like me who benefited from it needs to acknowledge it, even if it wasn't our fault, and even if we personally played no part in it. In order for the Aboriginal People to heal, we must recognize what happened.
It was no where near the scale of the USA genocide, and in fact, in Canada it was not intended to be a genocide, or an ethnic cleansing. But that doesn't erase the fact that it happened anyway. The people in charge at the time knew damn well what they were doing. The very few who didn't know should have known full well. The Queen promised to help and protect them in exchange for help fighting the US, but those were empty promises that meant nothing at all. She knew full well what was being done in her name, throughout her "Empire". They were still hunted and starved on Canadian soil, and almost every single treaty they were forced into was broken so many times that they meant almost nothing. And they are still being broken all over the country.
Even though I'm not Indigenous, one of the proudest moments of my life was when Elijah Harper stood up in the legislature of my province, eagle feather in hand, and said "No." surprising all of Canada! He said it quietly, but that 1 word was heard across the continent, and across the Atlantic Ocean. It scuttled Prime Minister Mulroney's Meech Lake Accord, and saved us from another of the Conservatives' bad decisions. Mulroney put SO MUCH pressure on him, but Elijah would not budge!
That soft spoken man stood up for all of his people, and by extension all Canadians! So I propose somebody who is Native should write an Ode To Elijah Harper, and THAT should be our national anthem. Or an Ode To Louis Riel (who was also a Manitoban).
Better yet, we need a song that doesn't sound sappy, like most anthems do, and that focuses on the Canadian First Nations and Inuit people and gives them true credit as the care takers of the northern part of the Western Hemisphere. And credit for all of the help they so willingly gave to the English and French in getting established here. (It would have been futile to fight, but they didn't know that at first. They just wanted to save the white men from suffering, and to trade for metals.)
That is where Canada's true identity lies. As an unequal partnership with the Native Peoples in this far northern frigid place. The only way our identity has anything to do with the US is in our fight to remain seperate from them. At the time we had nothing at all in common, except the boats that came from Europe. They were fleeing something. We were not. They wanted the furs that belonged to the Indians and the land. So did we, but we considerred them ours and we wanted nothing to do with the US. We would have lost the war of 1812 and become part of the US if we had not been helped by the Indians.
It's about time the Indigenous Canadians started to be recognized for their gigantic contribution! In a way, they were our Founding Fathers. If it weren't for them there would be no Canada. Kanata is the Native name for house or home. I, for one, say Thank You Very Much for all of your contributions!
@@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn It's sad that you don't recognize the ethnic cleansing that occurred in North America, in the US and Canada. Every person like me who benefited from it needs to acknowledge it, even if it wasn't directly our fault, and even if we personally played no part in it. In order for the Aboriginal People to heal, we must recognize what happened.
It was no where near the scale of the USA genocide, and in fact, in Canada it was not intended to be a genocide, or an ethnic cleansing. But that doesn't erase the fact that it happened anyway. The people in charge at the time knew damn well what they were doing. The very few who didn't know should have known full well. The Queen promised to help and protect them in exchange for help fighting the US, but those were empty promises that meant nothing at all. She knew full well what was being done in her name, throughout her "Empire". They were still hunted and starved on Canadian soil, and almost every single treaty they were forced into was broken so many times that they meant almost nothing. And they are still being broken all over the country.
Even though I'm not Indigenous, one of the proudest moments of my life was when Elijah Harper stood up in the legislature of my province, eagle feather in hand, and said "No." surprising all of Canada! He said it quietly, but that 1 word was heard across the continent, and across the Atlantic Ocean. It scuttled Prime Minister Mulroney's Meech Lake Accord, and saved us from another of the Conservatives' bad decisions. Mulroney put SO MUCH pressure on him, but Elijah would not budge!
That soft spoken man stood up for all of his people, and by extension all Canadians! So I propose somebody who is Native should write an Ode To Elijah Harper, and THAT should be our national anthem. Or an Ode To Louis Riel (who was also a Manitoban).
Better yet, we need a song that doesn't sound sappy, like most anthems do, and that focuses on the Canadian First Nations and Inuit people and gives them true credit as the care takers of the northern part of the Western Hemisphere. And credit for all of the help they so willingly gave to the English and French in getting established here. (It would have been futile to fight, but they didn't know that at first. They just wanted to save the white men from suffering, and to trade for metals.)
That is where Canada's true identity lies. As an unequal partnership with the Native Peoples in this far northern frigid place. The only way our identity has anything to do with the US is in our fight to remain seperate from them. At the time we had nothing at all in common, except the boats that came from Europe. They were fleeing something. We were not. They wanted the furs that belonged to the Indians and the land. So did we, but we considerred them ours and we wanted nothing to do with the US. We would have lost the war of 1812 and become part of the US if we had not been helped by the Indians.
It's about time the Indigenous Canadians started to be recognized for their gigantic contribution! In a way, they were our Founding Fathers. If it weren't for them there would be no Canada. Kanata is the Native name for house or home. I, for one, say Thank You Very Much for all of your contributions!
The one major attribute Canadian anthems share is that they're hard as hell to sing. Beautiful rendition!
To our Canadian Brothers and sisters
Let the Thistle, Shamrock Roes (&Lilly) entwine
The Maple Leaf FOREVER!!
From the "Old County" to the new we and the free world owe Canada a dept of gratitude for 2 world.wars in freedom's cause the Maple.leaf (ensign) flew alongside the flags of Freedom in the liberation of the world
🇬🇧🤝 🇨🇦
Through bitter wars
In freedoms cause
Side by side they fought and died
A glowing light to all the world
*The Maple Leaf 🍁 Forever*
Hello human from canada
@@YourLocalGeemanEmpire I think you'll find old chap(ette) that I'm British 🇬🇧
I recognise you from the Rhodesian content you posted a good while ago, hope you're doing well
Yes, but the lyrics omit the fleur de lys despite your attempt to include with the Lilly in parenthesis. So a song for white Protestants from Britain while excluding everyone else. Consign it to the dustbin of history where it rightly belongs.
@harkmi3 The song is from a different era back when White men from the United Kingdom ran ⅓ of the world's landmass (Canada being the largest). So yes, it would be written to favour the Britishness of Canada way back when some Canadains were more British than the British!
My toast, if you were, was to try and right a wrong by trying to include the Quebec and French identity of Canada. And again, take me away from the point that if Canada didn't stand up twice in the space of 21 years, the world would be so much different and not in a good way.
Happy Canada Day to everyone in the provinces and territories that we call home :)
thank you! i cant believe canada day arrived so fast!
Good bless Canada
@@Dew2Much thank you!!! and to your nation as well
Happy Canada Day from the USA. We truly appreciate fighting along side you Canadians
[Insert generic stereotypical joke about Canada here]
Happy Canada Day all! I hope despite the struggles you've all endured, you still find time to celebrate and appreciate how far you've come!
Ooh soory about this but I gotta go cut down a tree with a hokey stick. Tabernak. Can you help me find my moose eh?
@@5.7moy i like that you included tabarnak lol
Struggles? You mean like continuing to commit a genocide? Yeah, that must be real hard on the poor, poor settler.
@@surgeland9084 The so called ''genocide'' has been over for decades. So stop playing victim because no one is falling for it
@@elliot04877 No, bro. Forced sterilizations are very much happening now along with MMIWG. Please do your research.
For God, King, and Country!
For genocide, imperialism, and apartheid!
@@surgeland9084 *Looks at the USA and South Africa cutely.*
@@cakeisyummy5755 Canada is little different from South Africa and the USA lol
@@surgeland9084 what country are you from?
@@kellenkehoe8340 I was born in "Canada". I have seen it coast to coast; from Mi'kmaqi to Moksgm'ol. It is built on the genocide of native people; a crime it continues to commit with the theft of children from their homes and the forced sterilization of native women and its culture is nothing more than a hollow, pseudo-anglophilic program of apartheid.
My personal over favourite country (apart from my own) is Canada
Brothers in arms 🇬🇧🤝 🇨🇦 🍁
Helped by the young lion, the old lion defies his foes
@@MarvinClarence Yes.
Australia is here to ya know
@Christian Apocalypse Paladin what isn’t that what the vikings we called
@@yessir889 Yes Australia and New Zealand have better governments
Happy Canada Day from the US! 🇺🇲❤🇨🇦
Happy 4th cousin ! You could be, who knows ? ✌🍁
To my knowledge, this was never our official national anthem. O Canada is the official one. Prior to that, it was "God Save the King (Queen)".
Up until 1960 we sang this every day in school. When I went to highschool we sang O Canada in French which is better as well than the English version. in French
@@heatherloffelmann3547facts the French version is the Original and it's slaps
Many may say that Canada is the hat of the USA, but, truly, they are our shield.
Gods bless the Provinces, Territories, and Maritimes.
#MapleLeafAndStarsAndStripes
hell yeah brother!!!!
And now this version, with King, is relevant again..
Yeah we got a King again
GOD SAVE THE KING!!
May god bless and defend Canada forevermore. Well wishes and much love from your souther neighbor :)
Love America from your northern neighbour
Best future from British Columbia
how things have changed lol. Im from canuckistan and just found the song. Your the new red white and blue hope you set the captives free.
Greetings our northern neighbors from the USA 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Happy Canada day! And happy 4th of july to my fellow Americans!
Love America from Canada
American independence day: July 4th
Canadian independence day: July 1st
@@YourLocalGeemanEmpire I know that i just said Happy 4th of July because it was coming up soon
As one of Loyalist Canadian descent, I can understand why the Quebecois and Acadians could never embrace this anthem.
Yea. It's a decent cultural anthem for Canadians of British ancestry though. But I don't think it could or should be used outside of that. Beautiful song though
They also aren't canadians, and suck resources from Canada.
I agree. And while I like O Canada, the English version is quite vanilla imo. The og French lyrics is at least more poetic, but I always found that our anthem lacked that certain umph. There's room for improvement for sure, but that's just my opinion
Try asking a First Nations person how they feel about this anthem!
@@DjWellDressedMan First nations here, this song sounds good but thats just my opinion
Today was the perfect day to post this, Happy Canada day!
Canada is an amazing nation, love from your nations father my Canadian brothers
Quebec down with Canada
@@susannguyen6234 based
@@susannguyen6234 oh frick, the Quebecois
@@rorymoore9269 Down with France (/joke)
@@perryplayzzz DOWN WITH FRANCE (/NOT A JOKE)
Took me back to my grade school days when this was our greatest song/anthem. God Bless the King.
Thank you Duke of Canada! Very cool!
Happy Canada Day, glad to have yall as our Northern neighbor 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Perfect timing man! You too!
Bruh u guys really out here killing native kids
@@andrewjennings7306 ah yes, just because we are Canadian we are apparently people who conduct genocide
I performed this song with the children’s choir in my town for Canada Day a long time ago.
May there be many blessings on our new world brothers in the Great White North
🇺🇸 🤝 🇨🇦
And the same heartfelt wishes to our brethren south of the 49th parallel. 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸
as a canadian this song is wonderful to me!
Damn I love that red ensign.
The red ensign is the only true flag of Canada.
@@5.7moy Both flags are beautiful in their own way but if I had to choose one, I'd choose the Red Ensign.
@@billcipherproductions1789 yes
@@5.7moy tell that to Quebec.
Ah. You have a kink for brutal genocide?
This is a wonderful beautiful rendition of the song. However it was never Canadas national anthem. It is a great patriotic hymn..Canadas national anthem prior to adopting O Canada, was God Save the King or Queen. Apparently you are not Canadian....because you'd know better..update this inaccuracy.
Lets Go! It's been a while since you did a Canadian one (Not Canadian just like the country).
You wouldn't if you knew half of what happens here.
@@surgeland9084 what happens here?
@@couldntthinkofagoodname4384 Native women go missing at an alarming rate. Nearly 200 times that of the average person. Additionally, they are privy to forced sterilizations and police harassment. And this is only the beginning. There are also issues of access to drinking water, land seizure, and so on. Not to mention the reality of residential schools still impacting the present. The last one closed in 1996 after all.
@@surgeland9084 We can still fly the maple leaf and sing a Canadian song while making the nation better and working to end these issues.
@@jk-gb4et Not when your nation is built on genocide. The only way to move forward is to shut down this shit hole and join us natives in solidarity. That is the only acceptable solution.
Oh hey, just sang this for Dominion/Canada Day at the rally! Amazing song, great version!
God Save the Queen, and God bless Canada.
Hello from canada
Uncommon opinion: the Union Jack watermark looks good
Maple leaf only...please.
@@lookup49maple leaf is cartoon like.
@@cornstar1253having a foreign flag on yours is cuck like
The Maple Leaf For Ever, was never the Canadian National Anthem, just a national song, sang mostly in the English speaking sections of the country. The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined, (what no fleur de lis?) not very Franco friendly eh?
July 1st is the celebration of the British North America treaty.
The French get lower Canada, the British get everything else.
No French PMs.
No Catholics.
That was the deal.
Look, the French Canadians don't like us, and we don't like them. I wasn't born in Canada but my mother was, and she taught me never to trust those frogs. I mean, think about it: have the French ever had a good idea? They invented the left.
The version I learned in school was "the lily, thistle, shamrock, rose..." So the fleur de lis was first. That makes sense since the French arrived before the English. Who could object to that? Not me, and I came from Eastern Europe with no Anglo blood whatsoever. Canada Day was Dominion Day and I knew of no immigrants back then who objected to it. Nor did the First Nations family that lived next door. Their kids and I attended the same neighbourhood public school.
@@1985Fritz cool but I have never heard of a version with lily in it was it revamped inthe 80s or something like that? just curious
Sadness is rising all of my body when this song is not a national anthem of Canada any longer, for me, this is more patriotic love and nicer than ‘‘O Canada”.
I can see why though, the reference to Wolfe could've been a little testy to say the least.
As a Canadian, we need to make this the national anthem again.
As a Canadian Im not singing about Wolfe or "The thistle shamrock rose entwined" as my anthem. It doesnt represent modern canada at all
@@1313tennisman because modern Canada is one of the worst nations in the western world.
@@1313tennisman Modern Canada is merely a walking corpse at this point, both culturally and economically. When I think of modern Canada, all I can think of is a faceless, vacuous and fragmented place with no identity or culture. And no, "multiculturalism" isn't real culture.
The REAL Canadian Anthem
Fax
Not according to the Canadian governmenr
Hear hear
@FAKE VIRUS BREWERIES its a name for both genders
Oh Canada is #notmyanthem
Amazing rare recording.
Thanks for uploading this on our nation’s national day
I still remember when they sang this song at the closing ceremony of winter olympic in Vancouver on the first of March 2010. Greetings from Finland!:-) Terveisiä Suomesta!:-)
>try to cancel Canad day
>bitch, I'm still celebrating Dominion Day
It will always be Dominion Day to me!
Happy Canada day from your twin down south 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦
And don’t think I forgot about Somalia either, Happy Somalia Day! 🇸🇴
:]
Would be nice if they recognised Somaliland as a sovereign state.
Somalia is an anarchist state with no legitimate government. It’s constant civil war. I feel bad for Somalia.
This is the first time I have actually heard this from start to finish. My father always used to say this should have been kept as our national anthem!
Happy Canada Day from your Southern Southern Friend Mexico, God Bless Canada ❤🇲🇽🤝🇨🇦❤
Yeeeaa i luv mexico I've been there eh I'm canadian btw LONG LIVE NORTH AMERICA 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
GLORY TO NORTH AMERICA 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽
This sounds like it was recorded in the mid 40s to early 50s. Must have been before 1953 considering they are saying “God save our King”
It was we sang God save the Queen..iI started school in kindergarten in 1953
@@JudithSeymour-yo7lk interesting! In the 1960s, my mom sang God Save the Queen followed by O Canada. Did you sing The Maple Leaf Forever in school too?
Long Live Canada from UK
Right Back!
I know it says the lyrics but I don’t care
0:00 Verse 1:
In days of yore, from Britain’s shore,
Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came
and planted firm Britannia’s flag
on Canada’s fair domain.
Here may it wave,
our boast, our pride,
and, joined in love together,
the thistle, shamrock, rose entwine.
The Maple Leaf forever!
The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear,
The Maple Leaf forever!
God save our King, and Heaven bless
The Maple Leaf Forever
1:00 Verse 2:
At Queenston Heights and Lundy’s Lane,
our brave fathers, side by side,
for freedom, homes, and loved ones dear,
firmly stood and nobly died;
and those dear rights
which they maintained,
we swear to yield them never!
Our watchword evermore shall be:
The Maple Leaf forever!
The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear,
The Maple Leaf forever!
God save our King, and Heaven bless
The Maple Leaf forever!
1:58 Verse 3:
Our fair Dominion now extends
from Cape Race to Nootka Sound;
may peace forever be our lot,
and plenteous store abound:
And may those ties of love be ours
which discord cannot sever,
and flourish green o’er freedoms home.
The Maple Leaf forever!
The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear,
The Maple Leaf forever!
God save our King, and Heaven bless
The Maple Leaf forever
Congrats on 100k subscribers! Every single one is well deserved
Wow. I can't believe I find this 3 years late. Full vocals, beautiful vocals, and not intermixed with another tune in the middle. Magnificent!
Quebecois-Australian here, this is hands-down a beautiful song.
I just wish France was more acknowledged in America.
🇨🇦🇫🇷🇦🇺
Fat chance. The day the Americans admit they needed help getting there independence, is the day Trump admits he lost the 2020 election.
Fat chance again because America French is not acknowledged. Because in Canada both English and French are the official languages, but all over America the official language is English the only other language is Spanish
I mean America as in the continents.
If our people want respect they're going to have to stop identifying as victimized minority ,it's bloody pathetic.
@@NotLeftarded1
Why do you think those same people who expect themselves as a victimized minority want respect in the first place?
It was never a national anthem but quite popular. Canada did not have an official national anthem or flag for that matter until the mid late 60s.The lyrics has changed multiple times over the years.
Happy 100k Subs!
First watched this like 2 weeks after upload, oh yeah, amazing video!
thanks for this, and happy canada day
God Save your King, and Heaven bless, the maple leaf forever!
Much love from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Beautiful song. Sang it in school when we were young🇨🇦
Greetings Canadian brothers and sisters from America! Happy Canada Day from Mississippi 🇺🇸❤🇨🇦
Waited like 3-4 years for this. Finally came
1000th comment
Also this should be Canada’s anthem
Somehow I knew Ingen would upload this today. Thanks!!
I love the original flag. It's so much better than what we have now.
Its just a red flag with a british flag and coat of arms
Thank you for posting this! I don't remember this song from my school days in the 60's, although other commenters have. This gave me goosebumps and I almost came to tears! It's SO beautiful!
You probably don't remember it because it was never the national anthem.
Congrats for 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ subs! 🥳🥳🥳
One of the most heartful songs ever
You can see the evolution of the Canadian flag through the ages
Change a few words around and make this the anthem! What a tune!
Always thought it was weird the toronto maple leafs never embraced this song at games. Bagpiper before every game would be sick
Everywhere u go in canada,u have to find maple leafs... (by this point just call it Mapleland)
Edit:Congrats To Ingen For 100k!
I heard they fall off at the end of the season (NHL joke)
Maplestan
There only found in southern Canada
@@sambugg4424 *sorry*
Even in the Northern Territories?
been drinking to this song for over a decade since finding it, hasn't aged one bit.
I absolutely prefer this over our anthem today. Beautiful singing
This song is a testament to the drastic changes that have recently unfolded in Canada. Plop your average
Canadian from the 1867-1980 era in to today’s Canada and behold the disbelief.
Yeah. Antiwhiteism ruins everything.
Happy Canada Day! Greetings from the dubiously Canadian province of Alberta.
Congrats for 100k subs. Happy Canada Day, folks
God save the Queen!! And the Maple Leaf Forever!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Le Canada c'est de la merde : Cacanada.
One caveat- like the US before 1934 [date IIRC], Canada before 1980 had many patriotic tunes but no official national anthem. Like the US formally adopting the Star Spangled Banner in 1932, we officially adopted O Canada in 1980. Like the US with the Star Spangled Banner, we in fact made official the song that had for a very long time been the leading contender and most popular and widely used anthem. I can attest that O Canada, though with famously a few word differences, was in nigh universal use as a national anthem before 1980. Many can attest far farther back, but I'll say right now it was so used in Ontario schools in the 70s. The Maple Leaf Forever was already well into the background, though my dad certainly knew it and would have endorsed it as the national anthem given the chance.
Damn if it isn't beautiful.
Congrats on 100k
Happy 100k Ingen! Proud to be one of your fans! :D
Happy canada day, from canada
Happy Canada Day, my Canadian brothers! 🇨🇦🍁
I still think this should have been our national anthem even today. Of course it is almost never heard because we have to be careful not to offend the Quebec Separatist crowd. Along with the socialist and Globalist crowd. Because we are supposed to be ashamed of our heritage and history. Great to hear it again. Thank you for posting this
My dad's regiment was The 48th Highlanders. The 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums play this at the opening Toronto Maple Leafs' game every year. I have always thought it would make a better anthem than O Canada.
When the 48th Highlanders took part in the liberation of Apeldoorn, the Dutch formed their own 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums band.
Congrats Ingen for reaching 100K subscribers 👏🏻
This sounds great, but I can’t imagine singing this every morning at school. The one we have now is nice, patriotic, and just the right length for hockey games and school mornings.
Congrats on 100,000 I remember when you only had 37,700 subscibers
I have never heard this song before! I started school in 1970. At the beginning of our assemblies at school we sang Oh Canada, and at the end we sang God Save the Queen. Needless to say, I'm going to have to verify this.
Don’t get me wrong, this sound beautiful, but within the first 2 verse you see why it was changed, that’s a good way to set Quebec ablaze and star a revolution 😂
Congratulations *Ingen* for 100,000+ subscribers!
I like it. Beautifully worded.
Never heard this before, thanks!
*I say "hi" from all of Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada.*
*The Maple leaf forever!*
*Я кажу "привіт" від усієї діаспори Українців в Канаді.*
*Лист Кльону назавжди!*
I had a feeling that, even before i watched this video, it would be better.
Happy Dominion Day/Joyeux Jour du Confédération!
P.S. I always thought that dominion day/day of confédération had a nicer ring to it than Canada Day/Fête du Canada
The alliteration of domination day does sound nicer but obviously Canada day is a better title
@@Bishmark-nq7tiyea but it is generic
You finally got there hey
Well done on 100k
fanksss
@@Ingenting Yeah gj
The Red Ensign Canada flag is the true flag of Canada. The brave Canadian men of WW1 and WW2 DIED for that flag. The Canada flag today is wonderful too but its not the flag that made Canada the independent country today that the soldiers of both world wars died for. The Red Ensign is the true flag of this great land. Canada was built on war and those men would be ashamed to see what we have become. Never forget those men. Maple leaf forever!
As I am from New Brunswick and learning about the North shore Regiment in school I can agree
@@Greeeeeeen480 I'm in Ontario but I've been in New Brunswick almost 10 times. What a beautiful province. I love history and want others to appreciate it too like me and you.
I don’t like the Union Jack watermark tho
It’s the flag of empire.
It represents something distinct from the modern flag.
Happy Canada day, from your southern friends in Illinois, USA
We're from different continents, but we love y'all, Canadians ❤
Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇨🇦
Edit : my wallpaper is "actually" maple-- (For real 🙂)