The Maple Leaf
Writing & Recording The Maple LeafThe Maple Leaf is a travel song written while touring in Canada. It starts on the bow of the ferry traveling from Vancouver Island as we sailed into Horseshoe Bay and follows our journey east to Newfoundland. Recorded in Winnipeg, MB, it features a great pandeiro track by Scott Senior, Metis multi instrumentalist Marie-Josee Dandeneau on bass and Jeremy Penner on fiddle.
As the harbor draws near the Pacific disappears
In the bight lights of Vancouver
From the bay we make our way along the highway
And start to climb from sea to sky
Before we leave we make a point of eating cherries from the tree
And drinking wine in the Okanagan
As we pass through Banff we have our first chance to see
A prairie sky set on fire far and wide
Underneath the maple leaf we are drawn together
Underneath the maple leaf we are one
We set sail and for days we cross the endless waves of wheat
That crash against the shore under our wheels
Outside the Sault the sun breaks through the fog
As we cut our rugged path along north Superior
We wind our way through narrow lanes in old Quebec
To look across the seaway from Le Château Frontenac
You can almost hear the sounds of 1759
Echoing across the Plains of Abraham
Underneath the maple leaf we are drawn together
Underneath the maple leaf we are one
Then we walk the white sand along the beach at Martinique
Eating mussels and drinking Alexander Keith’s
We raise a toast at the edge of the Atlantic coast
To the new found land where it all began
So raise your voice from the west to the east
To the truth north strong and free
Rik Leaf is a world traveler, slam poet, songwriter, storyteller and author of Four Homeless Millionaires – How One Family Found Riches By Leaving Everything Behind.
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