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Land of the Silver Birch is a traditional Canadian folk song. It is sometimes sung to keep time while canoeing, and sometimes sung at campfires in a round. It is in Aeolian, or Natural Minor, but some have performed it with a raised fourth in the forest, creating a dorian feel.
Its subject matter is a romanticized vision of nature and the land from the perspective of an indigenous person, but it remains popular with the non-Aboriginal majority in Canada.
The song appears in the Paul Gross film Men With Brooms (2002).
In 2005, the song was partly re-written by Canadian folk singer Dickson Reid and released on his debut album, "Sugar in the Snow".
Like most traditional songs the lyrics vary slightly. The following are representative:
It is related to a similar song "My Paddle's Keen and Bright", written by Margaret Embers McGee in 1918, which is used to keep time paddling and is frequently intermingled:
The lyrics of this song can be quite different depending on who you talk to and what region of Canada they are from. Some possible variations and additional verses:
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