In the summer of 1997 the lions of Chor Leoni had the opportunity to go on “safari” to Pacific and Atlantic Canada, so we decided to collect a group of these Canadian songs and sing them for (and often with) our wonderful hosts in Vancouver, Salt Spring Island, Victoria, St. John’s, Baddeck, Cheticamp, Truro, Charlottetown, Indian River, and Halifax. Our love affair with Canadian folk music proved so fruitful that we decided to record a CD for you in the spirit of strengthening the musical bonds that tie us together and so firmly say “Canada.”

Track List

1. Fogarty’s Cove –  Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
2. The Water is Wide – Anonymous, arr. Miles Ramsay
3. Vive L’Amour  – Anonymous, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
4. Away from the Roll of the Sea –  Allister MacGillivray, arr. Diane Loomer
5. Ave Maris Stella –  Latin Canticle, arr. Diane Loomer
6. Chì mi na mòr bheanna – Anonymous, arr. Stephen Smith
7. Song for the Mira –  Allister MacGillivray, arr. Stuart Calvert
8. She’s Like the Swallow –  Newfoundland folk song, arr. Stephen Chatman
9. Red River Valley –  Anonymous, arr. Miles Ramsay
10. The Carrion Crow –  Nova Scotia folk song, arr. Stephen Smith
11. Potlatch Fair – British Columbia folk song, arr. Stephen Chatman
12. Northwest Passage –  Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
13. Four Strong Winds –  Ian Tyson, arr. Larry Nickel
14. Dondaine la Ridaine – Quebec folk song
15. Wood River –  Connie Kaldor, arr. Willi Zwozdesky
16. Oh Mary, Come Home –  Henry C. Work, arr. Stephen Chatman
17. Grand Hotel  – British Columbia folk song, arr. Stephen Chatman
18. Drunken Sailor – Sea shanty, arr. Robert Sund
19. Barrett’s Privateers –  Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail
20. Make and Break Harbour –  Stan Rogers, arr. Ron Smail