Odes and Anthems
Ode to Newfoundland
by
Sir Cavendish Boyle 1904
(Sung
moderate, like a hymn)
When sun rays crown thy pine clad hills,
And summer spreads her hand,
When silvern
voices tune thy rills,
We love thee smiling land,
We love thee, we love thee
We love thee smiling land.
When spreads thy cloak of shimm'ring
white,
At winter's stern command,
Thro' shortened day and starlit night,
We love thee frozen land,
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee frozen land.
When blinding storm gusts fret thy shore,
And wild waves lash thy strand,
Thro' sprindrift
swirl and tempest roar,
We love thee windswept land,
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee windswept land.
As loved our fathers, so we love,
Where once they stood we stand,
Their prayer we raise to heav'n
above,
God guard thee,
Newfoundland
,
God guard thee, God guard thee,
God guard thee,
Newfoundland
.
Ode To
Labrador
By Dr. Harry L. Paddon
(ca.1927)
(
Sung to the tune of O Tannenbaum
)
Dear land of mountains, woods and snow,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
.
God's noble gift to us below,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
.
Thy proud resources waiting still,
Their splendid task will soon fulfill,
Obedient to thy Maker's will,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
Thy stately forests soon shall ring,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
.
Responsive to the woodsman's swing,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
.
And mighty floods that long remained,
Their raging fury unrestrained,
Shall serve the purpose God ordained,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
.
We love to climb thy mountains steep,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
.
And paddle on thy waters deep,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
.
Our snowshoes scar thy trackless plains,
We seek no city streets nor lanes,
We are thy sons while life remains,
Labrador
, our
Labrador
O Canada
By
Mr.
Justice Robert Stanley Weir
1908
- Music by Calixa
Lavallee
)
O
Canada
!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing
hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and
wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our
land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we
stand on guard for thee.
God Save the Queen
Text and Tune is
often credited to Henry Carey, 1740,
although there is controversy with many votes,
including the British monarchy's,
for anonymous.
God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.
O Lord, our God, arise
Scatter thine enemies,
And make them fall:
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On thee our hopes we fix:
God save us all.
Thy choicest gifts in store,
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign:
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen.
The Flag of Newfoundland
by Archbishop Michael F. Howley ca. 1902
The pink the rose of
England shows,
The green St. Patrick's emblem bright,
While in between the spotless sheen
St. Andrew's cross displays the white.
Then hail the pink, the white, the green;
Our patriot ring long may it stand,
Our sire lands twine their emblem trine
To form the flag of Newfoundland.
What e'er betide our ocean bride
That nestles midst Atlantic foam,
Still far and wide we'll raise with pride
Our native flag, o'er hearth and home.
Should e'er the hand of fate demand
Some future change in our career,
We ne'er will yield on flood or field
The flag we honour and revere.
Fling out the flag o'er creek and crag;
Pink, white and green, so fair, so grand;
Long may it sway o'er bight and bay,
Around the shores of Newfoundland.
The Maple Leaf Forever
(Words & Music by Alexander Muir, 1867)
In Days of yore,
From Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came
And planted firm Britannia's flag
On Canada's fair domain.
Here may it wave,
Our boast, our pride
And joined in love together,
The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
[CHORUS]
The Maple Leaf
Our Emblem Dear,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
God save our Queen and heaven bless,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane
Our brave fathers side by side
For freedom's home and loved ones dear,
Firmly stood and nobly died.
And so their rights which they maintained,
We swear to yeild them never.
Our watchword ever more shall be
The Maple Leaf Forever
[CHORUS]
Our fair Dominion now extends
From Cape Race to Nootka Sound
May peace forever be our lot
And plenty a store abound
And may those ties of love be ours
Which discord cannot sever
And flourish green for freedom's home
The Maple Leaf Forever
[CHORUS]
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