OK, everybody sing:

Give us a place to stand
And a place to grow
And call this land Ontario
A place to live
For you and me
With hopes as high
As the tallest tree
Give us a land of lakes
And a land of snow
And we will build Ontario
A place to stand, a place to grow
Ontari-ari-ari-o

From this post from Cory on Boing Boing:

I love this archive of vintage tourism materials from my home province of Ontario, Canada, especially the video for the "Ontari-ari-ari-o!" song, which I sang on many long car-trips. Link

I haven't seen this film in DECADES, and boy what a treat! You have to scroll about 4/5 of the way down the page, and then you'll see a little film strip with this note:

Ontario had an opportunity to showcase its wide array of attractions to the world at Expo '67 with the film "A Place to Stand". The refrain from the title song releases nostalgic memories for many of us and the words come effortlessly to our lips..."a place to stand, a place to grow, Ontari-ari-ari-o".

God, I LOVE THE WEB! Enjoy...

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