[Verse 1] I woke to frost on the fence And boots by the old porch rail Steam rose up from the kettle Over a blue-jay in the hail The river held its silver Like a promise in the snow I said your name out through the cold And let the whole north wind know [Pre-Chorus] O Canada, hear us now From the pine to the prairie ground With a steady heart and a steady hand We are here and we are proud [Chorus] Oh, my home, my home Keep me strong, keep me strong Red on the maple Sing us on, sing us on Oh, my home, my home Let the whole world see This wide open country Is the part of me [Verse 2] On the dock the old men laughed With their thermos and their tales Snowmobiles in the distance Cutting lines across the trails From the rink to the market We all know the winter’s bite But we pass that warmth around Like a lantern in the night [Pre-Chorus] O Canada, hear us now From the pine to the prairie ground With a steady heart and a steady hand We are here and we are proud [Chorus] Oh, my home, my home Keep me strong, keep me strong Red on the maple Sing us on, sing us on Oh, my home, my home Let the whole world see This wide open country Is the part of me [Bridge] When the long roads call my name And the miles roll by I carry cedar in my coat And a chorus in my sky Hands around the fire now Voices rising bright We belong to the cold, the loons, the waves And the long soft fall of night [Chorus] Oh, my home, my home Keep me strong, keep me strong Red on the maple Sing us on, sing us on Oh, my home, my home Let the whole world see This wide open country Is the part of me [Outro] O Canada We stand and sing With a fiddle in the air And a heart that stays with spring
