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In days of yore from foreign shores |
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The royal minions came |
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And planted firm their feckless flags |
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On such a fair domain |
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It marked the beginnings of the end |
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Of those who first were there |
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The cultures and a people proud |
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Were lost forevermore |
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The maple tree who once stood strong |
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Come gather round and sing this song together |
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Forget their queen and all she mans |
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The Maple Tree |
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The Maple Tree Remember |
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Protect the weak and show the strength |
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Of natural cathedrals in paradise |
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Above which shine |
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The northern lights |
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The way we are, remember? |
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Mountains and prairies |
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From sea to sea |
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Blue unending skies |
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If you spy those endless skies |
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A hungry eagle flies |
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Oh Canada your forests stood |
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For 250 million moons |
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With axe and saw |
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They hacked you down |
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The end will be here soon |
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The marathon of greed decreed |
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Those traitors made it all clear |
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Majestic trees who once grew tall |
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Were doomed to disappear |