a Tune written by a Third generation Canadian about a First Generation Canadian.
lyrics
O Growing up in Mumbai or Bombay,
Whatever you kids call it these days.
He'd take the train to the Himalayan foothills.
Till he had bills to pay,
and children to raise.
O Los Angeles, Toronto, and Memphis.
Made music from which he felt possessed.
But of course he still loved the old way,
In the great white north on Snowdog day.
He met his good wife Thivya, at age 23.
He had a few years running around,
then he made some beautiful brown babies.
Her and I were always the black sheep,
He'd tell his daughter, his Beautiful Daughter,
the day she turned 18.
Yeah they say its cold, but they don't warn you about the deep freeze.
for 16 years he pushes the mop, just to pay for all these things.
His daughter learns to play guitar and sing,
cause apparently,
In the great white north you can do anything.
O why oh Why did we move to Lonely vicious Winnipeg?
He asks his good wife Thivya, muffled by blankets while in bed?
Thivya says you know just why we did.
For the Great White North, you Silly Git.
Yeah in the Great White North,
Theres Hell to Pay,
They'll be Calling you brown boy on Snowdog day.
Yeah in the Great White North,
They'll come around,
I was so sure, Im less sure of it now!
Yeah in the Great White North,
Our Children Change,
To be fraught with all these problems we can't even name.
Yeah in the Great White North,
Our Car will cough and Die and Break,
In the Great White North on Snowdog Day,
In the Great White North on Snowdog Day,
In the Great White North on Snowdog Day.
Blake Unruly is a Folk'n'Roll Musician.
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The Tremendous
Julian Stark on Drums,
The Fearless Tracy Laslop on Sax,
The Pioneering Lucas Furseth on Guitar and Keys, and the Astonishing Amanda Chan on Horns....more
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