Maple Leaf

[Marc Montgomery]

While the words are not "PC" these days, (alienating Quebec- with dauntless Wolfe) the CBC ran a contest years ago, and a very suitable replacement text won...
I always -and still do- think the melody is much more stirring than O Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOhk4Lk9aE

instrumental band HM Irish Guards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW0Bk0_E7uU

and here's one with the pipes and drums.....ahhhhhhh ;-)))) (with Alberta Bound tacked on)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYJqMUJFY1g

Alas the actual Maple tree in Toronto was destroyed in the huge summer wind storm last year
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013...n_toronto.html

Although we love the maple tree- it actually only grows in central and southern regions of eastern Canada.. perhaps we should have adopted the Black Spruce whose range is basically only in Canada, and the only tree which grows in all provinces and territories?