CANADA.
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Canada.
I love the land of Canada,
The dear land of my birth;
I deem my native country
The fairest place on earth.
I love her lakes and rivers,
Her forests, grand and high,
And her golden sunsets bright’ning
The landscape to the eye.
I love the slender Tamarac,
The tall and stately Pine,
The bonnie Birch and sturdy Oak
With clinging Ivy vine.
So beautiful! So glorious!
In Autumn splendor drest,
I love them all, but ah! I love
The Maple Tree the best.
Old England has her Royal Rose,
The Thistle’s Scotland's pride,
Whilst many brave and gallant men
For Erin’s Shamrock died.
But give to me the Maple Leaf,
More fair than all the rest,
Our country’s precious emblem,
The dearest and the best.
