I AM A CANADIAN

I AM A CANADIAN, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I LIVE IN A COUNTRY, THAT IS BOUNTIFULL AND BLESSED
GENTLY AND LOVINGLY, THE NEEDY, WE DO NOT IGNORE
WE GIVE WITH COMPASSION, AND SOME WITH THEIR LIFE.
WE SEEK NOT FOR GLORY , RECOGNITION OR FAME
WHEN WE BURY OUR DEAD, WE HIDE OUR PAIN.
HARD WORK IS OUR HERITAGE, FROM YOUNG TO OLD
FROM THE SEA, TO THE FOREST AND THE MINE
FROM FACTORY, TO FARM AND DISTANT TRAP LINE.
MOMS AND DADS SIDE BY SIDE,
RAISING THEIR CHILDREN, WITH JOY THEY CAN'T HIDE.
IF YOU THINK WE ARE DOCILE, THEN TO A HOCKEY GAME COME
LAUGHTER AND COMRADSHIP, AT NO ONES EXPENSE.
SOBER AND ALERT, WHEN THINGS GET TENSE,
ALWAYS WILLING TO GIVE THE BENEFIT, OF ANY DOUBT
RESPECTING AND HELPING OTHERS, IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.
THIS IS OUR HERITAGE, FROM LONG AGO
SHARED WITH ALL NEWCOMERS, NOT ARROW AND BOW
WE STAND TOGETHER, WHILE TEMPEST  BLOW
CHIEF TECUMSEH AND OTHERS YOU KNOW
PAID WITH THEIR LIVES, BUT THE BATTLE WE WON.
YES WE ARE FREE, BUT WE MUST NEVER FORGET
OUR STRENGTH IS IN GOODNESS, WE WILL NOT REGRET.