History Matters: Saskatchewan's Bobby Gimby was Canada's pied piper in 1967

He called it a simple marching song. Nothing too lyrical, nothing too serious. Just something catchy that Canadian children could sing aloud in celebration of the country’s centennial. And that was a big part of the song’s appeal.
In fact, mention Bobby Gimby’s name today and someone who was in school in 1967 will invariably start singing the first lines of “CA-NA-DA.”
Robert Stead Gimby (pronounced Jim-bee) was born in Cabri in southwestern Saskatchewan in October