Mapleblood Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Cheers. This song is written to the music of Scotland the Brave. It is a variation of a song I wrote for the Eddies. It rocks passionately, as the TFC fans who asked for a copy can attest. Thoughts? I made a word file with the Voyageurs logo to post with this text, but the uploader says it is invalid, which means more than it is intended to. Red Leafs the Brave In come the dark clouds rolling ---------------------------our kin, we are one clan thunder, the wind a-roaring -----------------------------in the north, we understand lightning and rain ----------------------------------------forged by the weather like Noah's forty days -----------------------------------hammered by the land when all the storm brings hither -----------------------that Nike* is always sighted sends weaker hearts a-quiver -------------------------with those who stand united Red Leafs stand and deliver -------------------------we're with the red and whited Red Leafs the brave --------------------------------------Red Leafs the brave proud Canada is home stout hearts where we roam our love for each other conquers ev'ry fear we're facing so in the darkest days look where our banner waves deep in the dreadest place Red Leafs the brave *Nike is the Goddess of Victory Lyrics by Steven Mather Sung to "Scotland the Brave" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 That's pretty cool. Hard but cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soju Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I admire the effort, but isn't this stealing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I'd feel silly singing that if we ever played Scotland It has a lot to do with Scotland, but not a lot to do with Canada. I was never the biggest proponent of Maple Leaf Forever, but if I had my choice between learning two difficult songs, I'd probably go with MLF because at least it's ours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapleblood Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 I admire the effort, but isn't this stealing? If you are familiar with the song "Danny Boy," you might be unaware that it is only one of more than a hundred songs written to that tune ([a]"Londonderry Air" also being well known. That it is done, does not mean it is always accepted.). Creating different lyrics for scores has been part of songwriting almost as long as songwriting exists. Were I to do the SOCAN thing, I would not have to pay any rights for the score because of its age and other factors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This said, the point that it is an anthem is well taken. It might be bad form for the national team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Notwithstanding, the anthem reservations are completely irrelevant for league games. In fact, football stadiums would be quiet venues, if people did not rewrite lyrics for hook songs for fans to sing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I withdraw the notion of using this tune for the nats, will use the Eddies version for the Eddies, and will happily share Red Leafs with the TFC fans that thought it a worthwhile idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 This said, the point that it is an anthem is well taken. It might be bad form for the national team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Notwithstanding, the anthem reservations are completely irrelevant for league games. In fact, football stadiums would be quiet venues, if people did not rewrite lyrics for hook songs for fans to sing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I withdraw the notion of using this tune for the nats, will use the Eddies version for the Eddies, and will happily share Red Leafs with the TFC fans that thought it a worthwhile idea. Absolutely it was only the notion of it as a Canada song that created any "yikes" factor for me...as an Eddies song, fine, I'll even try to sing it with ya when I next hit up Edmonton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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