on who you talk to and what region of Canada they are from. Some possible variations and additional verses: Deep in the forestDown in the lowlandsMy heart cries out for theeHills of the North Swift as a silver fishCanoe of birch barkThy mighty waterwaysCarry me forth Though I am forced to fleeFar from my homelandI will return to theeHills of the North High as an eagle soarsOver the mountainsMy spirit rises upFree as a bird A French version, "Terre du bouleau blanc", was distributed by Orff Canada. In 1979 the Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee, a musical group associated with the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), released a song on their album 'The Party is the Most Precious Thing' titled 'Death to the Traitors' which takes its melody from Land of the Silver Birch but with new communist lyrics about destroying imperialism and capitalism in Canada and uniting the Canadian working class. "Silver Birch" in the Scouts and Guiding movement Since the 1930s, the song has been popular with Scouts and Girl Guides. Its origin is unclear. It is sung regularly at Canadian Scout and Girl Guide Camps, including Doe Lake, Camp Maple Leaf, Camp Wenonah (co-educational camp) and Camp Wa-Thik-Ane in Quebec's lower laurentians. The song is also sometimes sung at Boy Scout Camps in the United States, though sometimes "eagle" is sung in place of "beaver". Another variation is sung at the opening and closing campfires at Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation in Pearson, Wisconsin. Cuyuna Scout Camp of Crosslake, Minnesota uses this song as one of the three it uses to close its Sunday and Friday night campfire programs, as does Camp Babcock-Hovey in Ovid, New York. The translated Italian version "Terra di Betulla" is likely frequent campfire song for Italian scouts. Other uses This song is performed by children in American elementary school plays about the First Thanksgiving to typify Native American lifestyle only using the first verses. In the 2019 Brotherhood, directed by Richard Bell—based on a true story of tragic canoeing accident in an Ontario, Canada lake at a boys' summer camp, that took eleven lives—the boys' hearty rendition of Land of the Silver Birch as the canoe trip began, is replayed throughout the film in subdued tones, reflecting the survivors' struggle to stay alive in the dark, frigid waters. In 1926, ten boys and a camp counsellor died, when their 30-foot canoe capsized. See also Anthems