THE CANADIAN BOAT SONG.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 9

THE CANADIAN BOAT SONG.

' •: Most :peoples know- something.:; of . the famous. -"Canadian Boat, Song,",-the authorship : : of - which 1 is.still- - one*; of -the mysteries of. literature. The poem.:is generally, attributed to Christopher North. Here it is for: tho scrap-book:

Listen to me, as when; ye heard ojir father . Sing long ago-the song of other- shores; Listen-to me, and then in chorus gather. All your deep voices as ye/pull your oars. s "- : .' I'air .these h'road.:hie'ads^-theso;hoary .'woods are grand; ■-' -.' : n ' ,?.^/But-we are jexiles.'ifrpin' pur "father's v;'; : ; i:

I'rom' tlio lono shieling ,'of tho , misty . island, : . / Mountains divide;ua ;and a' waste, of seas; '? " •Tot stilli the blood is '.warm,; the ;heart. is Highland, ' , ' And we in dreams behold, the Hebrides. Wo ne'er, shall.'tread .the fancy-haunted vatlejvr ; . : Where'tween the dark hills creeps the :. small, clear stream;. ; In arms around the; patriot banner rally, ; Nor see;:the moon, oh royal, tombstones; gleam. 'v,"- '.-./' V

.When, the'.bold kindred in the time, long , vanished ' • ' ' • ' 'Conquered' the soil,.and fortified the keep. No' seer', foretold ; thej children would be ''. ■■ • !v. That a degenerate lord might boast his' sheep. j'.:

iCoine, ;iforeign. rage;; let', discord; burst in

/ \ slaughter, - • , .. :C.. f l . " ■■■ Iph,'-.theniiorvclahsmen. true 1 and: 6tern -claymore; ■' ' . The hearts .that . would have .given their'

blood like water ... / -Beat heavily, beyond, the Atlantic's. Toai\ / 'I'air tlicso'broad meads—these; hoary .: woods are k .. "But-we'are exilesMroffi our father's '. laud. /;-"■/