Biography:
Michael Mitchell, an award-winning singer, songwriter and storyteller is on a never-ending mission to stir up some patriotic spirit in the hearts and minds of all Canadians through lively songs and humorous stories of our history, geography and some of the wacky quirks that identify us as Canadians.
Michael has given more than 5,000 of his popular Canada Is For Kids shows in school gyms, and at fairs, festivals, and conventions throughout the country, and has travelled to some of those shows in everything from float planes to dog sleds.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
G Em C D G
[Verse]
G C
I have walked cross the sands by the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
G Em A7 D
Lazed on the ridge of the Miramachi
G C
Seen the waves tear and roar on the stone coast of Labrador
G Em Am7 D7 G
Watched them roll back ot the great Northern sea
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
I have welcomed the dawn from the fields of Saskatchewan
G Em A7 D
Followed the sun to the Vancouver shore
G C
Watched it climb shiny new up the snow peaks of Cariboo
G Em Am7 D7 G
Up to the clounds where the wild Rockies soar
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
I have heard the wild wind sing of places I have been
G Em A7 D
Bay Bulls and Red Deer and the Strait of Belle Isle
G C
Names like Grande-mere and Silverthrone, Moose Jaw and Marrowbone
G Em Am7 D7 G
Names of the pioneer named with a smile
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
I have wandered my way to the wild wood of Hudson's Bay
G Em A7 D
Treated my toes to Quebec's morning dew
G C
Where the sweet summer breeze through the leaves of the maple trees
G Em Am7 D7 G
Tells us the story I'm singing to you
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
Yes theres something to sing about, tune up a string about
G Em A7 D
Call out in chorus or quietly hum
G C
Of a country that's young with a ballad that's still unsung
G Em Am7 D7 G
Sharing the promise of great things to come
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
G Em C D G
[Verse]
G C
I have walked cross the sands by the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
G Em A7 D
Lazed on the ridge of the Miramachi
G C
Seen the waves tear and roar on the stone coast of Labrador
G Em Am7 D7 G
Watched them roll back ot the great Northern sea
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
I have welcomed the dawn from the fields of Saskatchewan
G Em A7 D
Followed the sun to the Vancouver shore
G C
Watched it climb shiny new up the snow peaks of Cariboo
G Em Am7 D7 G
Up to the clounds where the wild Rockies soar
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
I have heard the wild wind sing of places I have been
G Em A7 D
Bay Bulls and Red Deer and the Strait of Belle Isle
G C
Names like Grande-mere and Silverthrone, Moose Jaw and Marrowbone
G Em Am7 D7 G
Names of the pioneer named with a smile
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
I have wandered my way to the wild wood of Hudson's Bay
G Em A7 D
Treated my toes to Quebec's morning dew
G C
Where the sweet summer breeze through the leaves of the maple trees
G Em Am7 D7 G
Tells us the story I'm singing to you
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
[Verse]
G C
Yes theres something to sing about, tune up a string about
G Em A7 D
Call out in chorus or quietly hum
G C
Of a country that's young with a ballad that's still unsung
G Em Am7 D7 G
Sharing the promise of great things to come
[Chorus]
D7 G
From Vancouver Island to the Alberta highlands
Em Bm A7 D
Cross the prairies, the lakes to Ontario's tower
G C
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, out to the Maritimes
G Em C D G
Something to sing about, this land of ours.
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