CANADIAN HISTORY 101 Glee Club/ Carolyn Dryburgh and Susan Ellenton ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ In 1534, when Cartier came ashore Away Haul Away I'm the first one in this land He told the local Indian Band Away Haul Away Well, the Yankees had Alaska John Wayne had won the west Away Haul Away All England feared the Eagle Had a Beaver in her nest Away Haul Away In days of yore from Britain's shore The King could not distinguish The Indian from the Eskimo He sought to make them English The colonies you say Ba, Ha, Ha, Ha Bring on the BNA The Fathers of Confederation Took a land and made a nation Toast the king with beer and bacon Long live his descendants One hundred years of history written By a hand that wore a mitten knit of wool from sheep in Britain You call that independence? The 60's came we got a flag And man stood on the moon The flower children scented Trudeau mania in bloom Oh Canada No place to get a tan Trudeau remained T'was more than we could stand Then before you know We elected Joe The true north went PC But for 18 cents, non confidence Pierre came back, mais oui A country cursed by mass confusion Tried to draft a constitution Trudeau said I've got the solution Leave it to Pierre I'll put your rights into a charter Let Levesque become the martyr After all I am so much smarter And anyways, who cares? Now Brian plays with regal ways And everyone's in debt His chin resides at Sussex Drive But God lives in Quebec Oh, say was our gracious Queen Liz was no libertine But at least she was polite.