Talk:The Maple Leaf Forever
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[edit] typo in anthem lyrics?
In the line "Throught icy fields and frozen bays,", should "throught" be "through"? Or is throught a word with a particular meaning? The word "throught" even occurs at [1]. Graham 06:25, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
- I've been bold and changed "throught" to "through", as that seemed to make the most sense in the context, and nothing has been said here in the last three weeks. Graham 07:40, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Lyrics?
Are we sure the lyrics are correct here? Because Cape Race wasn't part of "our fair dominion" until 1949, and the song was supposedly written in the 1860s. Habsfan
|t 20:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, Cape Race was part of Britain's Domain. The song implies the range of the British empire in Canada.PhatD 15:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
That seemed odd to me as well. Newfoundland did not become part of "our fair dominion" until several decades after the author's death. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 20:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- PhatD is definitely right about this; if the song meant to reference the extent of Canada at the time, it would have been "From Cape Breton to Fort William" (remembering that Rupert's Land and British Columbia weren't Canadian in 1867). --Nucleusboy 19:03, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RS, mp3s
I removed a reference to monarchist.ca which doesn't seem to be a very reliable source (it seems to exist only to further a political POV). Also the external links section has two mp3s of the original lyrics but none of the new lyrics, if there's a free recording of the new (CBC) version can someone please add it here? (Link if gratis, upload to Commons if libre!) 91.154.10.99 (talk) 15:17, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
