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Songs based on Canadian history

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The list Songs based on Canadian history includes Fireworks, 38 Years Old, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, Acadian Driftwood and Fifty-Mission Cap. The list consists of 17 members.
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    Fireworks

    Song by The Tragically Hip
    Fireworks
    Overview: "Fireworks" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in November 1998 as the third single from their sixth studio album, Phantom Power. The song was very successful in Canada ...
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    38 Years Old

    Song by The Tragically Hip
    38 Years Old
    Overview: "38 Years Old" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in April 1990 as the fourth single from the band's first full-length studio album, Up to Here. The song peaked at No ...
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    The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

    Song by Gordon Lightfoot
    The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
    Overview: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a song written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake ...
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    Acadian Driftwood

    Song by The Band
    Overview: "Acadian Driftwood" is a song by The Band. It was the fourth track on their sixth studio album Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975), written by member Robbie Robertson.
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    Fifty-Mission Cap

    Song by The Tragically Hip
    Overview: "Fifty Mission Cap" is a song by Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip from the band's third full-length album, Fully Completely. The song was released as a single in 1992.
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    Canadian Railroad Trilogy

    Song by Gordon Lightfoot
    Overview: The "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is a song written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot that describes the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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    Live from City Hall

    2014 EP by Brendan Croskerry
    Live from City Hall
    Overview: Live From City Hall is the fourth release by singer-songwriter Brendan Croskerry and produced by Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene).
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    Come from Away

    Canadian musical first produced in 2013
    Come from Away
    Overview: Come from Away is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. It is set in the town of Gander, Newfoundland in the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes had ...
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    Secret Path

    Album by Gordon Downie
    Secret Path
    Overview: Secret Path is the fifth studio album by Gord Downie, released on October 18, 2016. The album was accompanied by a graphic novel of the same name, written by Downie and illustrated by Jeff Lemire, as well ...
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    A Pittance of Time

    Song by Terry Kelly (singer)
    A Pittance of Time
    Overview: "A Pittance of Time" is a 2002 Canadian folk song by Terry Kelly and produced by Jefter Publishing – SOCAN. Kelly's intent in writing the song was to remind people to observe the two-minute silence on ...
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    Overview: "Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor" is a traditional Newfoundland and Labrador folk song. It is a comical retelling of the Jonah tale, with a Newfoundland whaler as protagonist, but in this instance the whale ...
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    The Maple Leaf Forever

    Canadian patriotic song
    The Maple Leaf Forever
    Overview: "The Maple Leaf Forever" is a Canadian song written by Alexander Muir (1830–1906) in 1867, the year of Canada's Confederation. He wrote the work after serving with the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto in ...
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    Dief Will Be the Chief Again

    Song by Stringband
    Overview: "Dief Will Be the Chief Again" was a 1975 song by the Canadian folk band Stringband. A "tongue in jowl" tribute to former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, the song was briefly popular in Canada ...
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    Northwest Passage (song)

    1981 song by Stan Rogers
    Overview: "Northwest Passage" is one of the best-known songs by Canadian musician Stan Rogers. An a cappella song, it features Rogers alone singing the verses, with several guest vocalists harmonizing with him in ...
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    Barrett's Privateers

    Song by Stan Rogers
    Overview: "Barrett's Privateers" is a modern folk song in the style of a sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having been inspired after a song session with the Friends of Fiddler's ...
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    No More Fish, No Fishermen

    1996 song by Finest Kind
    Overview: No More Fish, No Fishermen is a song whose lyrics were composed by Canadian folklorist and singer Shelley Posen, about the demise of the Newfoundland fishery. Although it was written in 1996, it is often ...
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    Neighborhood 3

    2005 single by Arcade Fire
    Neighborhood 3
    Overview: "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" is an indie rock song by Canadian rock band Arcade Fire. It was the third single released from the band's debut album, Funeral.
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