Song For Canada.

Sons of the race whose sires
Aroused the martial flame
    That filled with smiles
    The triune Isles,
Through all their heights of fame!
With hearts as brave as theirs,
With hopes as strong and high,
    We'll ne'er disgrace
    The honoured race
Whose deeds can never die.,
Let but the rash intruder dare
    To touch our darling strand,
        The martial fires
        That thrilled our sires
    Would flame throughout the land.

Our lakes are deep and wide,
Our fields and forests broad;
    With cheerful air
    We'll speed the share,
And break the fruitful sod;
Till blest with rural peace,
Proud of our rustic toil,
    On hill and plain
    True kings we'll reign,
The victors of the soil.
But let the rash intruder dare

    To touch our darling strand,
        The martial fires
        That thrilled our sires
    Would light him from the land.

Health smiles with rosy face
Amid our sunny dales,
    And torrents strong
    Fling hymn and song
Through all the mossy vales;
Our sons are living men,
Our daughters fond and fair;
    A thousand isles
    Where Plenty smiles,
Make glad the brow of Care.
But let the rash intruder dare
    To touch our darling strand,
        The martial fires
        That thrilled our sires
    Would flame throughout the land.

And if in future years
One wretch should turn and fly,
    Let weeping Fame
    Blot out his name
From Freedom's hallowed sky;
Or should our sons e'er prove
A coward, traitor race, -
    Just heaven! frown
    In thunder down,
T' avenge the foul disgrace!

But let the rash intruder dare
    To touch our darling strand,
        The martial fires
        That thrilled our sires
    Would light him from the land.