Michael Bublé - The Maple Leaf Forever 

In days of yore, from Britain's shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero came, And planted firm Britannia's flag, On Canada's fair domain. Here may it wave, our boast, our pride, And joined in love together, The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine The Maple Leaf forever!

God Save our Queen and Heaven Bless, the Maple Leaf Forever.... Michael Buble has a marvellous voice, but really, I wish they would sing the real version of the MLF

Je suis si fier d'être Canadien!! Je remercie mon Dieu de nous avoir donné un beau pays qui malgré son Gouvernement à l'heure actuelle a su se débrouiller dans le monde et a pu partager sa belle culture avec respect et amour! :) Merci Canada! Que vive le Canada et sa population!!! :) Bonne Fête du Canada.

Ever since I saw him do this in the closing ceremonies, I've had it stuck in my head, and will wander around singing it to myself. I probably wouldn't get so many odd looks if I were on the Canadian side of the border! :) This song reaffirms my status as a Canadaphile....and a fan of Michael's music. :)

God save our King and heaven bless the maple leaf forever

I love the musical incorporation of the Hockey Night in Canada theme.

I've always loved this song (it could/should be our national anthem). Thanks to Michael for remembering it for OUR Olympics. Happy Anniversary to our Canadian Flag.

The original is the one true maple leaf forever!

I could never imagine being anything but Canadian! I am so proud of my nation and I truly believe I live in the most beautiful and noble country in the world

How beautiful is that

the original version is much superior to this one; it should be our national anthem. God save Our Queen and Heaven Bless the Maple Leaf Forever. (p.s. the Canadian Red Ensign is Canada's true flag. it's brought us through several wars. the current one has seen a few Hockey finals.)

Good video mate :) Merci!

This is an incredible piece of music. As always, Michael you never cease to amaze me with your incredible talents! I am from Vancouver and I greatly wish I could've been in BC Place to see him perform this song live. Quite frankly I found a lot of the ceremonies a little weird but Michael's amazing voice made it all worth it. I feel so patriotic to Canada when listening to this song!

Awesome & right from the heart! (thumbs up)

Wow, Buble sang it beautifully I got goose bumps.

proud canadian i loved the closing for the olympics so much fun and so true to canada

Canadians have got an abundance of laughter and goodwill ;)

Catchiest song I've ever heard.

This should be Canada's national anthem, not that other one.

Beautiful! Loved it, thank you! :)

the first minute may be Michael's most nuanced, meaningful singing ever. The rest is great too, but I really like the a cappella portion

I'm watching the closing ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics, and naturally thought of this. I've got goosebumps so bad my head hurts.

Bravo mb

KILLED IT!

it reminds me soo much of the old 50s music genre xD the coolest/ jazzest song ever!! thx 4 the upload

Ugh goosebumps all overrrr!

Lol this is the song that finally got me to check out Bublé.

Bleccccch! The REAL lyrics were penned in 1867, and these are most assuredly not them.

This version should be the national anthem

yes there is

Oh... he's singing... THAT version. Not having the real words = downthumb

Nice

@johnlewisy At Queenston heights and Lundy's Lane, Our Brave fathers side by Side, For freedom homes and loved ones dear, Firmly Stood and nobly died, And those rights that they maintained, We SWEAR TO YIELD THEM NEVER, Our watchward evermore shall be, The Maple Leaf Forever

Ruined the original, and this song should absolutely be played with a pipes and drums band, no other way.

amen, man.

I wish they had the actual performance! I loved watching it cuz I had no idea who he was!

The English part of me has only been here for 4 generations and I still don't care about the monarchy or the queen.

@Erivah The old lyrics isolated patriotic Canadians like I not of British nor French descent. I want a Canada that stands together in this modern world as a unified multicultural society.

The Maple Leaf FOREVER! =) ILY CANADA!

I like the original version God Save Our Queen and heaven bless the maple leaf forever!

@Falwren Guess what! That was THEN! Now, EVERYTHING has changed. We make up over 20% of Canada's population now and in the cities, there is an even higher density of other ethnicies (not including whites). I don't dislike my nation, this is my home where I was born and raised. I have studied our history quite extensively and I respect the actions of the loyalists who fought so bravely against the Manifest Destiny and also General Issac Brock who helped hold off the Americans.

I am an immigrant. Everyone is. Who isn't? Even those Britons and Aborigines who settled here. What counts is that you are proud to call Canada your home. I am proud to be Canadian no matter what.

Classy song classy singer.

This is my favorite version --with newer lyrics that are more appropriate for modern Canada.

Michael bublé no matter what he sings, he's always great and even if i didn't really like the song, it's good... It makes me proud to be canadian too! I know i'm young and i don't know about everything but could we just shut the f*%? up and finally be united?? Every province is as important as an other...

There was nothing about the people who were here before the Europeans and Brits arrived in the original. Treat this as a different song which opens it up to all of Canada's history.

He needed to have sit down and listened to how YOUR CANADIAN, Anne Murray sang this song. Whether Canadians like it or not, Anne Murray wore the Maple Leaf and brought Canada to the United States.

It more had to do with the song speaking about Wolfe's defeat of the french. The Quebecois did not appreciate so that's why the have "O' Canada" now

now that is what i think when i think jazz

This version lyrics sucks the original version is perfectly fine

i remember this song at the vancouver olympics GO CANADA GO CANADA GO! HOCKEY IS OUR GAME

THIS SHOULD BE THE REAL CANADIAN ANTHEM!

Is this PC version?

Amen!

Happy Canada Day! :)

As an addition to my statement below, I would like to say that I do agree with the other comments inasmuch that, outside of this particular context (a doubly ironic take on 'The Maple Leaf Forever' - doubly ironic because it simultaneously defuses/diffuses the solemnity of the song while, though swing, rebooting it to a new, popular level of nobility) the lyrics of this version, geared for an international audience, are somewhat generalist (beauty of landscape, national pride) and might serve well as the final verse of the song (there ARE several verses, after all). The revised versions I mentioned take great care to preserve historical continuity while aiming to be more inclusive with Canada's ever evolving profile. Here in maple land we are very blessed: in terms of nationalism we are relative latecomers, and much of our sense of self is infused with multiplicity, diversity, inclusiveness (when we are at our best), eclecticism and conviviality: as Canadians we possess - to quote Ernest Hemingway - "all their easy social graces." Despite separatisms and alienations and political bickering, we generally eschew 'Balkanization', and though number cars we may be, we aim to keep it together. Celebrate our adaptability: THIS is the model the world should envy as it spirals into jingoism, tribalism, and ethnic ghettoization. This IS the land of hope for all who toil/the true north strong and free. P.S. the preference for the 'also-ran' as the official anthem is not unique: it seems a common thing: 'America the Beautiful' and 'Land of Hope and Glory' have long been in the longings of many to be the anthems of Usonia and Great Britain.

Not the original, which is better. Buble still great singer

Oh & anyone else hear the opening to Hockey Night In Canada at the end?

They will play Maple Leaf Forever for London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony (:

Been a Michael Buble fan for years, and will continue to be. Just have to say that the original lyrics are better than these pc ones...would be unbeatable to hear him sing the real ones.

@goldendude1994 it was the original national anthem but it had to many references to Britain that a fair bit of people disliked it for that reason,mainly the french (and my self I may add,though it does bring a very large sence of nationalism to,I have never been one to support the monarch though).

Happy CANADA Day 150. 2017 . Cheers :)

@flosssock amen

Cut him some slack. I think his brother was killed at Lundy's Lane, and that is clearly why the antique, archaic lyrics are so dear to him.

Hearing this at the olimpics... It was like I know this song I know this song.... then I was like it can`t be the maple leaf forever.... Then I was like IT IS.

@2112murphy i remember a tv commercial from 15-20 years ago that ended with something like a rock band singing this song. has there ever been something like that recorded? i see lots of choral and orchestral arrangements on youtube.com, and, of course, buble, but i haven't seen a rock band or something similar doing it.

I see the Leafs winning the cup soon.

I'm remember watching this. XD My mom hates him, but I think he should do Anne of Green Gables (the musical theme, that would be a Canadian classic).

@tiSoCOOL9 in every country people stand for their national anthem. Anyway GO CANADA!

@darklifeproduction Not his singing but the lyrics are changed from the original version.

@mystiquesword not true at all. It's not a parody, it's a faithful replaying of a version of O' Canada developed from a controversial contest and which was adapted for the last hockey game in Maple Leaf Gardens. Look under the alternative lyrics sections on the Wikipedia page.

Buble is great......... Love this version with the female mounties......and the singing ..heard the RCMP were a little ticked, but screw them..at least it showed the Mounties are human and Canadians have a sense of humor........

@alexonblades I disagree. This is absolutely awesome. I love Maple Leaf forever, I love Buble singing it, but our anthem is concentrated awesomeness.

We're not British anymore... and we're more multicultural now. So I guess it fits :P

Sorry for owning you mate. G'day! :)

actually, it's probably the second unofficial canadian anthem.... the first being the hockey night in canada theme :)

can you put more tracks from the album???? selfish iTunes wont let me buy only 1 song!! ThANKS

No one has the video of the whole performance :(

@VS257 Not surprisingly, you have completely misinterpreted my previous comments. I am in no way opposed to immigration, for all of my ancestors were immigrants at some point; however, they did not attempt to alter Canada as you have proposed. In fact, on my loyalist side, both branches were not British at all, but German and Swiss instead, and they were grateful that a country was willing to give them freedom from religious persecution instead of sore that it did not resemble their birthplace

why isn't this our national anthom?

Simply put, bugger off if ya don't like it.

@wilkes85 ... not sure if I'm supposed to "down thumb" or "up thumb" this statement. I totally agree with you, though. The original version is much better. :)

this song might be old and have a lot to do with canada being in the british commonwealth, it is important not to forget our countries history and how it came to be. How much would things be different if say another country settled here.

I would've loved this arrangement if they had kept the original lyrics for crying out loud.

@MajBlood lol in my opinion it's best version out there so far ^^;

@hotstuff999 The origainl Version of the Maple Leaf Forever almost became Canada officail anthem

This makes my heart swell with Canadian pride. ^^

I can't find this song anywhere, I know there's a CD for the olympics but I'm guessing it's really pricey.

if you think this is good then you should hear the original version.

'A 1,2,3,4. Aah Let's go..' I find this to be unbelievably tacky. Stick to the original words and sing them with commitment, passion, respect and sincerity or compose something entirely new.

@Bosirant That's right. Fuck heritage, let's aplogize for our history.

Haha have you ever seen Adam Hill's version of Advance Australia Fair? check it out haha it's awesome :)

Sorry - that was supposed to say 'bumper cars' not 'number cars' .

Too right! xD

r u kidding, canadians LOVE poking fun.... i for one love when ppl think our stereotypes are real lol. great fun... and i loved everything about the closing!

no, it's just friggin' ancient

@peacerider8 Oh please get over it. I have some RCMP friends who got an HUGE kick out of it and thought it was hilarious

So slow and mournful. I think this version would be excellent at state funerals, otherwise not so much!

what lyrics? i don;t see any.

@jdi0093113 does Buble sound even remotely american to you? He's Canadian, and Canadian born.