Land of the Silver Birch - Michael Mitchell 

I sang this in school years ago. Good memories.

"Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more" That echoes to me.

More Canadian than Oh Canada.

Sang this in my Primary School called Fairway , in Uganda 🇺🇬 , East Africa, Africa. I am not Canadian but love the minor keys and soul ful tone of the song. Brings back precious memories of my Mum and childhood. She taught us the song. Big up to Canada 🇨🇦 for this lovely folk song.

The nostalgia!! 😍 I remember learning this in second grade and just recently (after YEARS) I started humming it again and needed to listen to it!

Yes this is as Canadian as the loon and beaver. Never forget all of you who know this song .Remember up north. trips in canoes and camping .Singing at the fire, in the canoe as you were paddling . These are Canadian memories that were sung . Bring it back to how it used to be. Bring back the innocence of youth and adventure.

Absolutely more Canadian than Oh Canada. All of a sudden I'm transported to the gym sitting in the bleachers singing with my classmates during one of our assemblies. I don't know if any of my friends ever got tired of it but whenever the music started I was singing this out loud, my heart so full. I loved this song! I'm sure they looked at me like what the heck is she doing! This song still rocks!!

I am 62 and still sing this song to myself. Nice to hear it again.

This brings back primary school memories xD

This song means a lot to me because I’m a First Nation Canadian.

Best Canadian song ever. Thank you from the USA.

Fellow canadians you guys rock!

My paddle's keen and bright Flashing with silver Follow the wild goose flight Dip, dip and swing Dip, dip and swing her back Flashing with silver Swift as the wild goose flies Dip, dip and swing 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-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom High on a rocky ledge I¹ll build my wigwam Close to the water¹s edge Silent and still Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom My heart grows sick for thee Here in the lowlands I will return to thee hills of the north Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom 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-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, Boom-diddy-ah-da, bo-oo-oom

Somebody stil listen to this song in 2022??

We sang this so often in grade 4; attending Newmarket Public School. Very fortunate to have a teacher who enjoyed playing the piano as much as we loved singing.

Beautiful memories of Paddling up the French River Ontario on my board listening to this beautiful song makes me so appreciative to be Canadian❤️

Was my favorite song as a child. Grew up in Niagara Falls spent summers up north.

It's interesting how many Canadian folk song talk about the deep love many of us have your our home. I'm going to school in the US and today I suddenly felt overwhelming loss for my home, so I found this song and now I feel better.

I’ve heard and taught these songs separately but never as partner songs. Love it.

I learnt this at primary school

I started crying uncontrollably when I heard this for the first time.

Guess Im one of the few non-Canadians here, but we sang this at boys camp in northern Minnesota. Camp Nate was a good place

Wherever Michael Mitchell is today (well, happy and singing right along, I hope), I hope he knows that when I get to feeling kind-of low, I call up this very page on RU-vid and drink in the inspiration and power he broadcasts! It's like all the dreams of my youth in southern Oklahoma with all my hopes for my children and grandchildren - and ALL those of people of good will throughout the Americas and across the world! Thank you sir -- while many of us have likely heard or sung this song in past years, YOUR interpretation is, as far as I'm concerned, the ideal! Heart and soul healing and strengthening!

This song is so powerful and always brings me back to my childhood

This song has a special place in my heart. I truly am proud to be a Canadian.

This is nostalgia x10. I remember being taught this in northern Minnesota in elementary school

In school music was my most hated class but this song was my favorite

Idk why this song randomly popped into my head but I'm glad it did. We used to sing this at a camp I worked at in the Adirondacks

Perfect song to read the subjective forms of the clouds and to follow with a tender eye the grooves of the stems of the trees; appreciate the complex writing of the nested branches, taste the colors of the decomposition of light into water droplets in a garden, and strongly feel the wet soil of ancestral forest to perceive the traces of animals from deep past

I always loved this song. We learned to sing it in grade school. Maybe six or seven years old. Still remember it. Fond memories!

Used to listen to this a lot. I love this song

My paddle's keen and bright Flashing with silver Follow the wild goose flight Dip, dip and swing Dip, dip and swing her back Flashing with silver Swift as the wild goose flies Dip, dip and swing Land of the silver birch Home of the beaver Where still the mighty moose Wanders at will (Refrain:) Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more Boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boo-oo-oom High on a rocky ledge I'll build my wigwam Close to the water's edge Silent and still (Refrain:) Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more Boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boo-oo-oom My heart grows sick for thee Here in the low lands I will return to thee Hills of the north (Refrain:) Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more Boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boo-oo-oom Land of the silver birch Home of the beaver Where still the mighty moose Wanders at will (Refrain:) Blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more Boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boom diddy-ah da, boo-oo-oom en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Silver_Birch

My mom sang the chorus of this to me a lot when I was two years old, and I never forgot the tune or the words...I'm thrilled to hear it again!

2014-2015 Colorado 3rd grade I sang this. Reminds me of the Rocky Mountains. Randomly came to my thoughts almost 6 years later.

I sang this for school a couple years ago I almost forgot it I’m so glad I was able to find it again

Grew up in Northern Ireland and we did this at school. One of the first things I remember learning to sing.

I don't live in Canada, I grew up in Australia. My music teacher still taught me this and I'm glad she did. :)

This song is so calming and down to earth, it's the first ever that's made me cry

wowowwowowowowowowww this was actually my TRAAAACK in the third grade! My gosh! Sang it everyday and i knew the words, shows you how much of a nerd i was LOOOL. my poor family didnt hear the end for months still know there words haha

we sang this in the early 70s (Singapore!) Miss those music lessons and we were taught folk songs from all over the world. this was my earworm the entire day and glad to find this here!! love it love it love it. wiki says the paddle version was written in 1918!

my little sister (in fourth grade) said she was singing this song in music and that she loves it

I was taught this in school it truly is a beautiful song

This should be the Nation Anthem for Canada. Or at least a second one

We sang this in Grade 6 music class :). I’ve remembered it my whole life. It’s nice to hear it in full again :)

Hey, some of these pictures are taken from where I live! I used to sing this in singing lessons, as well as my elementary school choir!

this reaminds me of school

FINALLY A MUSIC TEXTBOOK SONG THAT SOUND GOOD.

I'm crying!! I used to sing this in 3rd grade ;-;

I love this song. I learned it in girl guides, it's one of my favourite guides songs

My grandma showed me this I'm am a true Canadian and I always will be Canadian

Beautiful, it will come again

Back when I was a little kid before I went to bed each night my dad would sing this to me, it’s been multiple years and I found it again, such a classic

My grade 3 teacher taught our whole class to sing this song as our start of class each day and it’s been ingrained into my brain since

I am an italian scout, we sing an italian version of this song and I find it wonderful. I searched up this english (and original, I imagine) version without knowing whether it existed or not, and I was happily surprised to find it.

Wonderful! Found this in a RU-vid playlist of Canadian folk songs, and it took me right back to watching "Men with Brooms." So glad I finally know what this song is called, since they never put it on the movie's soundtrack. On a side note: How much Canadian music has loons calling in the background? It's far from a complaint, because my wife and I both love hearing them, but it's just something we've noticed. I've heard them in this song, Akwa Tuta, and even the "TransFormers: Beast Wars" soundtrack!

I remembered this from elementary school - but only one verse. I started singing it to my kids recently as a bedtime song - and so searched out more lyrics! So happy I found them and the memory of this song will continue with my children

My 3rd Grade teacher Miss Hidecker taught us this song nearly 23 years ago 🧡🧡🧡🧡

Learned some of this in 3rd grade, and some this grade. this was our homework. lol.

"Where still the mighty moose wanders at will." Be it ever so. Nice version.

If i am correct, this is the "second national anthem of Canada"

I sang this in school when I was a kid, too! :D It is still one of my favourite folk songs! Just wondering, are you Canadian?

When I did Girl Scouts, my mom taught me this song that she learned when she did Girl Guides! Thank you, Mom! This will be always be my favorite song

Brings back memories from Camp.

I remember our teacher in elementary school teaching us some Native songs and this was one of them. I forgot the other ones though.

I learned these songs in my music class!

I love this song since a child

This song makes me look out at the frozen lakes, and dream of canoeing among the reeds!

I remember my mom singing this as a lullaby.

Made me weep. Could you imagine singing this, in a round,, at a Blue Jay's game or hockey game. I hope kids are still learning this song at school

Brings back memories, this does.

Our family would sing this around the camp fire when I was kid 40 years ago. But my dad only knew part of the song. Now I know the full song and will teach it to my kids.

This brings back so many memories all the way from grade 3! I somehow knew all the lyrics at the back of my head. Ahh. My guitar/grade 3 teacher was so musical. Always did a singalong together.

School Concert 1971.... I played the bongo's for the beat. *Memories*

When I heard this song on RU-vid I remembered when I was young. I love this song so much. I will never forget this song and neither will my sister. She learned it at camp as did I.

I remember learning this in grade 3... This is the first time I've heard it in almost 40 years. Thanks for posting

I wrote a version of "My paddle's Keen and Bright" for a class once. Naturally, I wrote a swordsman's brag. Being a canadian, it was the first thought I had for "easily adaptable". "My longsword's keen and bright/thrusting with silver! Move as the wildcat strikes, cut, thrust, and swing Cut thrust and swing her back, thrusting with silver! Move as the wildcat strikes, cut thrust and swing" I got a B on it. :P

My mom learned this song at camp..then I sang it in school back in the 90s. My mom helped me learn it lol. We still sing it.

One of my favorite songs. Such a simple, lasting message, over such a sweet melody

I learned the piano of this song. It's so relaxing

I love Canada and have been many times...another stunning lake is 'Peyto'...I just can't describe the colour of Peyto....absolutely incredible. This is a great video..it's making me want to book a trip to Canada once again!

I remember learning this song in the 5th grade. Dad was stationed at Goose AFB in Canada, with the American contingent. I also learned how to paddle a canoe there. I long to return and paddle a canoe on her blue waters again.

# being Canadian is the best

Talk about a throwback to grade 3 or so. Remember singing this often. God that was years ago. Needed the nostalgia today. Cheers.

Lovely Canadian song .. my home is in Himalayan mountains ( India ) and this song makes me miss it even more ❤️

my parents sang this to me as an infant, it made a lasting impression. canada for the win

Homeschooling my 8yr old and hit a lesson about native Americans and guess what song pops into my head from when I was in elementary school! Thanks RU-vid for having everything on here to bring these songs to the next generation!

I remember singing this is school. Wonderful memories. Just earlier today I had a thought about this song and decided to come listen to it; I absolutely love it!!!!

Absolutely beautiful! Everything...the guitar...the sound of water...the magnificent paintings...the loon ending...PERFECT.

I remember this song from Brownies/Girl Guides. Great memories.....

Sang in school memories in grade 2. Thanks to Mrs Perez!!!!!!!

When I was little I used to ask my mum to sing it for me it brings tears to my eyes to hear it again. She's not sung it for me since I was 7 and I'm 13 now

I’m a New Yorker and we sang this song in elementary school.

Brings back grade school memories Thank you

When I learned this, I had an Irish music teacher. So this is a little bit different that what I was taught. But I love it all the same and it still brings me back to the fourth grade.

Oof this song brings back memories

I NEVER KNEW THIS WAS CANADIAN WE SANG THIS IN MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FLORIDA BAHAHAHAHAHA WAIT THATS SO COOL THIS SONG GOES SO HARD

This goes so hard.

I learned this song in the cello it’s tune is really good 😢❤

Learned this song in my first year of high school in 1976 in Kikuyu. Kenya.

I sing this song way back in 1953 when I was in std.3 at school,but it's still fresh in my mind , thank you to my teacher Mrs. Thomas.