The National Song of Canada, 1867
Words and music by Alexander Muir
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- In Days of yore, from Britain’s shore
Wolf the dauntless hero came
And planted firm Britannia’s flag
On Canada’s fair domain
Here may it wave our boast and pride
And joined in love together
The thistle, Shamrock, Rose entwine
The Maple Leaf forever
Chorus:
The Maple Leaf our emblem dear
The Maple Leaf for ever
God save our King and Heaven bless
The Maple Leaf forever
- At Queenston Heights and Lundy’s Lane
Our brave Fathers side by side
For freedom, homes, and loved ones dear
Firmly stood and nobly died
And those dear rights which they maintained
We swear to yield them never
Our watchword ever more shall be
The Maple Leaf forever - Our fair Dominion now extends
From Cape Race to Nootka Sound
May peace forever be our lot
And plenteous store abound
And may those ties of love be ours
Which discord cannot sever
And flourish green o’er Freedom’s home
The Maple Leaf forever - On merry England’s far famed land
May kind Heaven sweetly smile
God bless Old Scotland evermore
And Ireland’s Emerald Isle
Then swell the song both loud and long
Till rocks and forest quiver
God save our King and Heaven bless
The Maple Leaf forever
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: