CANADA OUR HOME by CARROLL RYAN

The skies are fair that beam above
Far lands of fame and song,
Where eyes that look the sweetest love
In sunny valleys throng.
But Oh! give me the forest hills
Where happy I may roam,
Where every pure affection thrills
In Canada our home.

The annals of our native land
May be but rough and brief,
But there is many a fearless hand
To guard the maple leaf.
Let danger threaten when it will,
We'll meet whate'er may come,
Remaining firm and faithful still
To Canada our home.

The mountains, woods, and torrents wild,
Where native freedom dwells,
Have charms that to the forest child
No other land excels.
Oh! for the joyful wind that flies
Beneath the leafy dome
By lakes that beam like beauty's eyes
In Canada our home.

Let other nations boast the fame
Of hero and of sage—
What is their glory but a name
Upon a blotted page?
Behold a land from tyrants pure
As wild Atlantic's foam,
Where love and beauty dwell secure
In Canada our home.

Young giant of the North and West!
The nations hail thy birth,
Thine heritage is of the best
That ere was claimed on earth.
Firm as thy hills, bright as thy streams,
Thy glory shall become,
And realize hope's grandest dreams
Of Canada our home.

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