Land of the Silver Birch

X: 1
T: Land of the Silver Birch
O: trad Canada
N: Origin unknown.
N: Popular with Canadian Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.
N: There are many variations on the words.
Z: 2009 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: Dm
"Verse"\
[| D4 D2 D2 | A2 A2 A4 | D4 D2 D2 | A4 A4 |
w: Land of the sil-ver birch, home of the bea-ver,
w: High on a rock-y ledge I'll build my wig-wam
w: My heart cries out for thee, here in the low lands.
|  d4 c2 d2 | c2 A2 F4 | G2 F4 G2 | A8 |
w: Where still the might-y moose wan-ders at will.
w: Close to the wa-ter's edge, si-lent and still.
w: I will return to thee, hills of the north.
"Refrain"\
|  d4 c2 d2 | c2 A2 F4 | G2 F4 G2 | A2 F2 D4 |
w: Blue lake and rock-y shore, I will re-turn once more
| D2 DD D2 F2 | D2 DD D2 F2 | D2 DD D2 F2 | D4- D4 |]
w: Boom de de boom boom, Boom de de boom boom, Boom de de boom boom, Boom (boom)

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