IN CANADA (Mr. I & the Rainbow Singers)
Yurgen Ilaender & Gary Huntbatch
Copyright Hummingbird Music
THIS GREAT LAND
Judy Lea
THERE’S A RAINBOW OF COLOURS IN OUR FACES.
OUR ANCESTORS COME FROM MANY PLACES.
AND NOW WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER IN THIS GREAT LAND CALLED CANADA.
Chorus: CANADA (clap 3X), CANADA (clap 3X)
THIS GREAT LAND CALLED, CANADA (clap 3X)
CANADA (clap 3X), CANADA (clap 3X)
THIS GREAT LAND CALLED, CANADA (clap 3X)
C-A-N (echo– c-a-n) A-D-A (echo– a-d-a)
C-A-N (echo-c-a-n) A-D-A (echo – a-d-a)
CE SONT LES COLEURS D’UN ARC EN CIEL SUR NOS VISAGES
NOS ANCETRES SONT VENUS DE BEAUCOUP D’ENDROITS.
ET MAINTENANT NOUS HABITONS TOUS ENSEMBLE
DANS CE BEAU PAYS QUI S’APPELLE CANADA.
Repeat Chorus
CANADA RAP
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALBERTA
SASKATCHEWAN
MANITOBA
ONTARIO
QUEBEC
NEW BRUNSWICK
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
NOVA SCOTIA
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOUR
NUNAVUT
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
YUKON TERRITORY
CANADA !
When I First Came To This Land
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND,
NOT MUCH MONEY IN MY HAND,
SO I GOT MYSELF A FARM, AND I DID WHAT I COULD
AND I CALLED MY FARM………….MUSCLE IN MY ARM
BUT THE LAND WAS SWEET AND GOOD AND I DID WHAT I COULD.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND, NOT MUCH MONEY IN MY HAND
SO I GOT MY SELF A ……….
SHACK………..BREAK MY BACK
HORSE. ………. TROUBLE OF COURSE
COW…………..NO MILK NOW
PIG…………….NOT VERY BIG
HEN…………..NO EGGS AGAIN
SHEEP…………NOT MUCH SLEEP
(All together at the end:SO I GOT MYSELF A SONG, And I Called My Song:
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, ……
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Woody Guthrie
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND,
THIS LAND IS MY LAND,
FROM BONAVISTA, TO VANCOUVER ISLAND,
FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
TO THE GREAT LAKE WATERS,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
AS I WAS WALKING, THAT RIBBON OF HIGHWAY,
I SAW ABOVE ME, THAT ENDLESS SKYWAY,
I SAW BELOW ME, THE GOLDEN VALLEY,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
THIS LAND IS MY LAND,
FROM BONAVISTA, TO VANCOUVER ISLAND
FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,
TO THE GREAT LAKE WATERS,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
WHALE WHALE WHALE
Yurgen Ilaender, Mr. I
WHALE WHALE WHALE
SWIMMING IN THE SEA,
WHALE WHALE WHALE
TEACH ME TO BE FREE
WHALE WHALE WHALE
IN THE OCEAN BLUE
WHALE WHALE WHALE
TEACH ME TO BE TRUE.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
WALKING ON A QUIET BEACH,
FRAGRANT BLOSSOMS IN THE OKANAGAN
MOUNTAINS, STANLEY PARK, AND TOTEM POLES
RIDING ON A FERRY BOAT
MIGHTY RIVERS RUSHING TO THE OCEAN
RAIN ON MY FACE , AND TOTEM POLES
IF SOME DAY I’M FAR AWAY
IF SOME DAY I’M FEELING BLUE
I WILL FIND WITHIN MY MIND
MEMORIES TO SEE ME THROUGH
WALKING ON A QUIET BEACH
FRAGRANT BLOSSOMS IN THE OKANAGAN
MOUNTAINS, STANLEY PARK AND TOTEM POLES
BRITISH COLUMBIA
CARIBOO ROAD
Folk Song collected by Phil J. Thomas and adapted by Mr. I
HERE COMES HENRY CURRIE, HE’S ALWAYS IN A HURRY,
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD.
HE MAKES HIS HORSES GO, THROUGH THE DUST AND THROUGH THE SNOW
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD.
YOU SHOULD SEE HIM SPRINTIN’ TO THE BALL AT CLINTON
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD.
HE MAKES THE LADIES PRANCE, JUST LIKE HIS HORSES DANCE
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD
Chorus; WHEN YOU HEAR THAT WHIP A’POPPIN
YOU CAN BET HE’S GOT A LOAD
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SWEET VOICE SINGING
STAND UP ROWDY ON THE CARIBOO ROAD.
THE DRIVER’S ON THE DECK WITH A RAG AROUND HIS NECK
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD
WHILE THE SWAMPER IN THE STABLE, MAKES SURE THE TEAMS ARE ABLE.
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD
WHEN THE ROADS ARE IN A MIRE, THEN THE FREIGHTERS EARN THEIR HIRE
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD
BUT THEY CAN BEAT THE WEATHER WHEN THEY ALL PULL TOGETHER
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD.
Chorus
IN A WINK AND A SHAKE, WE’LL BE UP IN WILLIAM’S LAKE
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD
AND WE’LL SURE BE FEELIN’ SWELL ONCE WE GET TO QUESNEL
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD
NO MORE MUCK , NO MORE DIRT AND I CAN FINALLY CHANGE MY SHIRT
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD
AND THE HORSES THEY CAN REST , CAUSE THEY’VE SURE DONE THEIR BEST,
TEAMING UP THE CARIBOO ROAD.
Chorus: YIP!
SHE’LL BE COMIN’ O’ER THE TUNDRA
(Adaptation of She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountains)
SHE’’LL BE COMIN’ O’ER THE TUNDRA WHEN SHE COMES (Wah-Ka!)
SHE’’LL BE COMIN’ O’ER THE TUNDRA WHEN SHE COMES (Wah-Ka!)
SHE’’LL BE COMIN’ O’ER THE TUNDRA SHE’’LL BE COMIN’ O’ER THE TUNDRA
SHE’’LL BE COMIN’ O’ER THE TUNDRA WHEN SHE COMES (Wah-Ka!)
SHE’LL BE DRIVIN’ SIX WHITE HUSKIES WHEN SHE COMES. (Gee Haw!)
SHE’LL BE DRIVIN’ SIX WHITE HUSKIES WHEN SHE COMES. (Gee Haw!)
SHE’LL BE DRIVIN’ SIX WHITE HUSKIES
SHE’LL BE DRIVIN’ SIX WHITE HUSKIES
SHE’LL BE DRIVIN’ SIX WHITE HUSKIES WHEN SHE COMES
(Gee Haw! Wah-Kah!)
WE WILL CATCH A BIG FAT WALRUS WHEN SHE COMES (Ee-ri-gi !)
WE WILL CATCH A BIG FAT WALRUS WHEN SHE COMES (Ee-ri-gi !)
WE WILL CATCH A BIG FAT WALRUS WE WILL CATCH A BIG FAT WALRUS
WE WILL CATCH A BIG FAT WALRUS WHEN SHE COMES
(Ee-ri-gi!, Gee-Haw!, Wah-Kah!)
WE’LL EAT MUKTUK AND AGOOTUK WHEN SHE COMES (Yum Yum!)
WE’LL EAT MUKTUK AND AGOOTUK WHEN SHE COMES (Yum Yum!)
WE’LL EAT MUKTUK AND AGOOTUK WE’LL EAT MUKTUK AND AGOOTUK
WE’LL EAT MUKTUK AND AGOOTUK WHEN SHE COMES
(Yum Yum!, Ee-ri-gi! Gee Haw!, Wah-Ka!)
Wah-Ka: Means ‘Oh Boy!’
Gee Haw: Right, Left
Ee Ri Gi: I’m afraid
Muktuk: Whale Blubber
Agootuk: Inuit ‘ice cream’
Made from animal fat,
Snow and berries.
40 BELOW IN THE WINTER
Folksong from Manitoba
OH, IT’S 40 BELOW IN THE WINTER
AND IT’S 20 BELOW IN THE FALL
AND IT RISES TO ZERO IN THE SPRINGTIME
AND WE DON’T GET NO SUMMERS AT ALL
Verse One:
IT WAS RAINING AND HAILING THIS MORNING
ON THE CORNER OF PORTAGE AND MAIN
NOW IT’S NOON AND THE BASEMENTS ARE FLOODED
AND THE DUST STORMS ARE RISING AGAIN
Chorus
OH, MY GRANDPA CAME WEST IN THE EIGHTIES
TO THE PRAIRIES WHERE GRAIN GROWS LIKE GRASS
BUT THE WHEAT POOLS AND TAXES GOT GRANDPA
SO GRANDPA WENT EAST SECOND CLASS
Chorus
GRANDFATHER
Folk song from Ontario
GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER HITCH UP YOUR GREY MARE
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG LEA.
US’N MUST GO TO THE OLD COUNTY FAIR
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG LEA.
GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER HITCH UP YOUR GREY MARE,
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG LEA
US’N WILL WEAR BIG WHITE BOWS IN OUR HAIR
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG LEA
GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER HITCH UP YOUR GREY MARE
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG LEA
US’N WILL DRESS IN OUR BEST SUNDAY FARE
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG LEA
GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER HITCH UP YOUR GREY MARE
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG LEA
US’N MUST GO TO THE OLD COUNTY FAIR
OUT ALONG, DOWN ALONG, OUT ALONG, LEA.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
Judy McAlpine
THE MOON IS OUT, THE STARS ARE BRIGHT,
IT’S QUIET ON THIS WINTER NIGHT
AND IN THE SKY SO COLD AND CLEAR,
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS START TO APPEAR
RED LIGHTS SPARKLE
ORANGE LIGHTS SPARKLE
YELLOW LIGHTS SPARKLE
PINK LIGHTS SPARKLE
GREEN LIGHTS SPARKLE
BLUE LIGHTS SPARKLE
PURPLE LIGHTS SPARKLE
ALL THE LIGHTS SPARKLE
THESE ARE THE COLOURS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
BUT WHEN THE SUN POKES OUT HIS HEAD
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ALL GO TO BED. SSSS………
A delightful tune I picked up from ‘Orff Canada’. Have used it many times in class and in concert. I have a collection of large coloured cloth sheets. The children stand and circle with their coloured sheet when their colour is sung. At the end the children sit and place the sheets over their heads and sleep until I come to wake them up.
LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH
LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH, HOME OF THE BEAVER
WHERE STILL THE MIGHTY MOOSE WANDERS AT WILL
BLUE LAKE AND ROCKY SHORE
I WILL RETURN ONCE MORE
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM.
DOWN IN THE FOREST, DEEP IN THE LOWLANDS
MY HEART CRIES OUT FOR THEE, HILLS OF THE NORTH
BLUE LAKE AND ROCKY SHORE, I WILL RETURN ONCE MORE
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM
HIGH ON A ROCKY LEDGE, I’LL BUILD MY WIGWAM,
CLOSE TO THE WATER’S EDGE, SILENT AND STILL
BLUE LAKE AND ROCKY SHORE, I WILL RETURN ONCE MORE
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM
LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH HOME OF THE BEAVER
WHERE STILL THE MIGHTY MOOSE, WANDERS AT WILL
BLUE LAKE AND ROCKY SHORE, I WILL RETURN ONCE MORE
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM
BOOM DE DE BOOM BOOM, BOOM.
A haunting beauty. I teach it on the recorder to my Grade Twos every year. It’s a great song to sing as well. The melody is Native, the words were composed in the 1930s. Can also sing “BOOM DE DE AH DA”
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL
(French version of ‘IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT’)
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL TAPE TES MAINS (clap clap)
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL TAPE TES MAINS
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL SI TU AIME LE SOLEIL
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL TAPE TES MAINS
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL FRAPPE TES PIED (stomp stomp)
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL FRAPPE TES PIED
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL FRAPPE TES PIED
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL CRIE HOURRA ! (Ooor-rah!)
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL CRIE HOURRA !
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL CRIE HOURRA!
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL FAIS LES TROIS
(clap clap, stomp stomp, Hur-rah)
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL FAIS LES TROIS
SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL SI TU AIMES LE SOLEIL
SI TU AIME LE SOLEIL FAIS LES TROIS
Translation:
IF YOU LIKE THE SUN CLAP YOUR HANDS (clap clap)
……………………. STAMP YOUR FEET (stomp stomp)
…………………… SAY ‘HURRAH!’ (Hur-rah!, Arm uphigh)
FAIT LES TROIS – DO ALL THREE.
CAPE COD SHANTY
(Eastern Seaboard Folksong)
CAPE COD BOYS THEY HAVE NO SLEDS – HEAVE AWAY, HEAVE AWAY,
THEY SLIDE DOWN HILLS ON COD FISH HEADS, –
WE ARE BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
Chorus; HEAVE AWAY MY BULLY, BULLY BOYS, HEAVE AWAY, HEAVE AWAY
HEAVE AWAY AND DON‘T YOU MAKE A NOISE, WE ARE BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
CAPE COD GIRLS THEY HAVE NO COMBS – HEAVE AWAY, HEAVE AWAY,
THEY COMB THEIR HAIR WITH COD FISH BONES, –
WE ARE BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
Chorus
CAPE COD MEN THEY HAVE NO SAILS – HEAVE AWAY, HEAVE AWAY
THEY SAIL THEIR BOATS WITH COD FISH TAILS –
WE ARE BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
Chorus
CAPE COD WOMEN DON’T MAKE APPLE PIES – HEAVE AWAY, HEAVE AWAY
THEY FILL THEIR PIES WITH COD FISH EYES –
WE ARE BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
Chorus
CAPE COD BABIES THEY HAVE NO PINS – HEAVE AWAY, HEAVE AWAY
THEY PIN THEIR DIAPERS WITH CODFISH FINS –
WE ARE BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
Chorus (Three times, quieter and quieter, last one is loud ! )
CANADA IN MY POCKET
Michael Mitchell
Chorus: I’ve got Canada in my pocket. A little bit of history.
A penny and a nickel and a quarter and a dime
mean a lot to you and me.
It’s more than pocket money. They’re the symbols of our land.
they’re pictures of important things for which this country stands.
The maple leaf, the maple leaf, It’s a beautiful sight to see.
It waves, ‘Hello’ to us below from the top of a maple tree.
and with every year that passes. It grows like you and me.
So, should we all grow straight and tall like the lovely maple tree.
The beaver, oh the beaver, It’s a beautiful sight to see.
He’s a happy, furry animal like a teddy bear with teeth.
He’s never ever lazy. He works all night and day.
Building houses for his family. He’s got no time to play.
Chorus
The schooner, oh the schooner. It’s a beautiful sight to see.
It’s a great big wooden sailing ship that can sail across the sea.
And it brings to other countries, the things that people need
And it brings back things like chocolate bars and books for us to read.
The caribou the caribou, it’s a beautiful sight to see
He’s a really big strong animal I’m sure you’ll all agree.
He looks like Santa’s reindeer. And he loves it when the wind blows cold.
So he lives up north with the polar bears, cause he likes the ice and snow.
Chorus.
TRANSCANADIAN EXPRESS
Chorus: ON THE TRANSCANADIAN, SUPER CONTINENTAL
STREAMLINE SPECIAL EXPRESS (Sing four times)
Verse 1: LISTEN TO THE WHISTLE BLOW,
LISTEN TO THE STEEL WHEELS CHURN
LISTEN TO THE COAL, RATTLING THROUGH THE HOLE
LISTEN TO THE FIRE BURN
Chorus
Verse 2: WE’RE ROARING FROM AN EASTERN BAY
FEELING HOW THE WHOLE TRAIN SHAKES
ROLLING PAST THE SEAWAY, RUNNING PAST THE HIGHWAY
RACING PAST THE FIVE GREAT LAKES
ROARING THROUGH THE HILLS AND WOODS
RUSHING THROUGH THE GREAT PRAIRIE
THROUGH TUNNELS OVER BRIDGES,
‘CROSS THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES
THROUGH THE ROCKYS TO THE WESTERN SEA
Chorus TOOT TOOT!
ROULEZ ROULEZ
ROULEZ, ROULEZ, PETIT TRAIN, ROULEZ
COMME CA MARCHE COMME CA MARCHE
ROULEZ ROULEZ PETIT TRAIN, ROULEZ
COMME CA MARCHE REGARDEZ
A GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
(Gary Huntbatch)
Chorus: IT’S A GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, CANADA, OH, CANADA
SO BIG IT GOES FROM SEA TO SEA, AND THIS IS THE STORY OF CANADA
BEFORE THIS LAND WAS COVERED WITH ICE
WE HAD DINOSAURS PLENTY A-ROAMIN’
BUT, WHEN THINGS WARMED UP AND THE ICE WAS GONE
THEY NEVER RETURNED AGAIN.
THE FIRST NATIVES WHO CAME TO LIVE
HUNTED AND FISHED FOR FOOD TO EAT
AND THEN CAME ALONG THE BRITISH, AND THE FRENCH
WHO FARMED THIS LAND AND MADE CANADA GREAT !
Chorus
THEN WE DIVIDED UP THE LAND,
THREE TERRITORIES AND TEN PROVINCES
BUILT A BIG RAILROAD AND A LONG HIGHWAY
FOR US TO TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES
NOW, THERE ARE AEROPLANES UP IN THE SKY
OVER LAKES AND MOUNTAINS THEY DO SOAR
AND PEOPLE LIVE HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
A BIG CANADIAN FAMILY THAT’S FOR SURE
Chorus
EMILY CARR
Gary Huntbatch
EMILY CARR, EMILY CARR, A CANADIAN ARTIST WAS EMILY CARR.
IN VICTORIA SHE LIVED WITH HER FAMILY.
SHE STUDIED HER ART FAR AWAY FROM HOME
IN SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON AND PARIS
IS WHERE HER TALENT BEGAN TO FORM.
EMILY CARR, EMILY CARR, A CANADIAN ARTIST WAS EMILY CARR.
NATIVE VILLAGES AND THE GREEN FOREST.
IS WHAT SHE LIKE TO PAINT THE MOST
THE TREES AND TOTEMS AND PEOPLE SHE MET.
AND ‘WOO’ THE MONKEY, HE WAS HER PET.
EMILY CARR, EMILY CARR, A CANADIAN ARTIST WAS EMILY CARR.
AS WELL AS PAINTING SOME BOOKS SHE DID WRITE.
ONE CALLED ‘KLEE WYCK’ WAS ABOUT HER LIFE.
THE NATIVES GAVE TO HER THAT NAME.
‘KLEE WYCK’ IT MEANS THE LAUGHING ONE.
EMILY CARR, EMILY CARR, A CANADIAN ARTIST WAS EMILY CARR.
EMILY CARR, EMILY CARR, A CANADIAN ARTIST WAS EMILY CARR
IN CANADA
(Mr. I, Jan. 2002)
CHORUS: In Canada, In Canada, It’s peaceful here in Canada.
Canada, you are my home. My peaceful, peaceful home.
In the world today, It is safe to say,
Canadians are thought of as friends.
We are gentle, we are true, We are peaceful through and through.
We have learned to share and to keep our hearts open.
Yes, we are all friends. We’re just simple bits of thread,
In this tapestry, this world we call our home.
CHORUS.
RECORDERS:
C’ A G – C’ A G – C’ G A
Ca – na – da , Ca – na – da. Ca – na – da,
G G C’
Ca – na – da.
WITH XYLOPHONES & TRIANGLES (Same pattern as above)
ALL GROUPS SING CHORUS PART: Keep singing and playing ostinato part.
SING THREE TIMES ALL TOGETHER.
Have added the obligato part. Can sing, or play on instruments such the the Xylophones or record
SEARCH FOR SASQUATCH
(Gary Huntbatch)
A silly story about Mr. I and Gary in the forest searching for the ever elusive Sasquatch. Or, is he called ‘Big Foot’. One can never know for sure until we meet one and ask them.
