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: Em
"Verse"\
[| "Em"E4 E2 E2 | B2 B2 B4 | E4 E2 E2 | B4 B4 |
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.
|  "C"e4 d2 e2 | "G"d2 B2 G4 | "D"A2 G4 A2 | "Em"B8 |
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"\
|  "C"e4 d2 e2 | "G"d2 B2 G4 | "D"A2 G4 A2 | "Em"B2 G2 E4 |
w: Blue lake and rock-y shore, I will re-turn once more
| "Em"E2 EE E2 G2 | E2 EE E2 G2 | E2 EE E2 G2 | E8 |]
w: Boom di di boom boom, Boom di di boom boom, Boom di di boom boom, Boom
w: (Hi-ya-ya hi-ya Hi-ya-ya hi-ya Hi-ya-ya hi-ya, ha)

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