Canada Day
STRANDS THAT BIND
from bleak Cape Spear to lush
B C.
from Pelee to the Pole
this golden land stirs love and
pride
in every northern soul
we picked a crimson Maple Leaf
to bind us strand by strand
and placed it on a snow white field
to wave o’er sea and land
beneath this Leaf which reresents
a Canada strong and free
we proudly stand in unity
from sea-to-sea-to-sea.
Wiliam Bedford
