The Maple Trees Remember Songtext
von The Real McKenzies

In Days of yore, from foreign shores
The royal minions came
And planted firm
Their feckless flags
On such a fair domain.
It marked beginnings of the end,
Of those who first were there
The cultures of a people proud,
Were lost forever more.

The Maple tree, who once stood strong,
Come gather round and sing this song together,
Forget their Queen, and all she means,
The maple tree, the maple tree remember


Protect the weak
And show the strength of
Our natural cathedrals in paradise
Above which shine
The northern lights
The way we are, remember
Mountains and prairies from sea to sea
Blue unending skies
And if you spy
Those endless skies
A hungry eagle flies

The Maple tree, who once stood strong,
Come gather round and sing this song together,
Forget their Queen, and all she means,
The maple tree, the maple tree remember

Canada
Your forests stood
For two hundred, fifty million moons
With axe and saw
They hacked you down
The end will be here soon.
The marathon
Of greed decreed
Those traitors made it all clear
Majestic trees
Who once stood tall
Were doomed to disappear


The Maple tree, who once stood strong,
Come gather round and sing this song together,
Forget their Queen, and all she means
The maple tree
The maple tree
Remember
(Remember)
(Remember)