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The kernel for this song came on Canada's 150th Birthday. Everyone on my Facebook feed was so negative about Canada. However, our immigrant nation has recently created a reputation for tolerance. This should be celebrated.

lyrics

Chorus:
O The Maple Tree, o The Maple Tree!
Come shelter beneath The Maple Tree!
O there’s no better life for the gentle and free
Than the shelter beneath The Maple Tree!

My mother’s mother’s parents, came from Yorkshire dales.
After World War Two, Grandad left old Wales.
My Daddy and his brother snuck in on the lam
To dodge the draft for Vietnam.
And my kids play with kids from all legacies,
Be it Milanese or Manilanese or Malinese.
Though we come from many lands we all must agree
We owe our lives to the Maple Tree.

Chorus

If you wish to sit here beside The Maple Tree
You must leave old grudges across the sea.
Vendettas are not welcome so please make your amends
And greet your neighbours as new friends.
For the Hindu, Sikh and Muslim can talk without fear
And the Papist and Protestant can share a beer.
If you love one God or you think that God’s a she
You’ll hear no complaint from The Maple Tree.

Chorus

The Mother of Exiles frowns across the sea
With her back to the land that once was free.
Her poor unhappy country is wracked with hate and fear.
For her children she cries a copper tear.
For the huddled masses are wanted no more,
And bulwarked is her golden door.
Were she made from flesh, from her island she’d flee
To raise her torch by The Maple Tree.

Chorus

The Maple Tree was planted by settling British hands
In the verdant soil of conquered lands.
I’ve listened to the critics astutely slinging mud.
They say that the Maple was born in blood.
We can’t erase our history. Our failings our known,
But from our grief something beautiful has grown.
If you’ll take my hand, we’ll say sorry
And we’ll help to nurture The Maple Tree.

Chorus

credits

from Looking Out for Better Weather, released September 30, 2020
The Maple Tree, by Jeremy A. Cook, and St. Anne’s Reel, traditional.
Tracy Gaja, smallpipes.

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Saskatchewan's one-of-a-kind Prairie Celtic band, the Residuals, has been playing acoustic folk music for over ten years. Drawing on Irish, Scottish, and Maritime music, they are at the forefront of a living Prairie Celtic tradition.

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