A patriotic song of Canada, 1914
Words and music by Edward W. Miller
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- There’s a humming on the cable
There’s a whisper in the air
There’s message stirring each Canadian heart
Once more old England’s calling
As she bids her sons prepare
To save the world and play a Briton’s part;
But Canada no longer stands and watches from afar
The hearts of all her sons are beating high
They speed across the water
And beneath the British star
Will show the nations how to fight and die
Chorus:
When war’s alarms, and the call to arms
Comes across from the Motherland
At the call, as one, each Canadian son
Is ready to take his stand
From East and West, we will give our best
And the prayers of our people bring
And side by side with the Empire’s pride
We will fight for our Flag and King”
- From the blue Pacific waters
To the fair Atlantic coast
From the mountains and the prairies of the west
All Canada is stirring in a vast and mighty host
Prepared to offer England of her best
What tho’ the seas divide us
Britain’s duty is our own
And side by side with Britain we will go
‘Till victory rests upon her flag
She shall not fight alone
The Empire stands united ‘gainst her foe