The Maple Leaf Forever

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 join in love to­ge­ther

The This­tle

Sham­rock

Rose en­twine

The Ma­ple Leaf for­ev­er.

The Ma­ple Leaf

our em­blem dear

The Ma­ple Leaf for­ev­er!

God save the King and Heav­en bless

The Ma­ple Leaf for­ev­er!

At Queens­ton Heights and Lun­dy’s Lane

Our brave fa­thers side by side

For free­dom’s right and loved ones dear

Firmly stood and no­bly died.

And those dear rights which they main­tained

We swear to yield them nev­er

Our watch­word ev­er­more 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!