From His Canadian Home A. Gdrin-Lajoie
From his Canadian home, banished a wand'rer came
From his Canadian home, banished a wand'rer came
And full of tears would roam, countries that strangers claim
And full of tears would roam, countries that strangers claim.
Thoughtful and sad one day, down by a riverbed
Thoughtful and sad one day, down by a riverbed
As the stream slipped away, these were the words he said:
As the stream slipped away, these were the words he said:
If you my land should see, my so unhappy land
If you my land should see, my so unhappy land
Say to my friends from me, then in my memory stand
Say to my friends from me, then in my memory stand.
O so delightful days, vanished you are - adieu!
O so delightful days, vanished you are - adieu!
And my own land, alas! Never again I'll view
And my own land, alas! Never again I'll view.
Plunged in unhappiness, from my dear parents torn
Plunged in unhappiness, from my dear parents torn
Now through the tears I pass, in luckless moments born
Now through the tears I pass, in luckless moments born.
Forever set apart, from friends that were so sweet
Forever set apart, from friends that were so sweet
Alas! no more my heart, my heart for grief can beat
Alas! no more my heart, my heart for grief can beat.
No, yet in dying still, O my dear Canada!
No, yet in dying still, O my dear Canada!
My drooping eyes I will, turn toward thee afar
My drooping eyes I will, turn toward thee afar.
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