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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS The Banner of England —

The banner of old England flows
 * Triumphant on the breeze;

A sign of terror to our foes
 * The metier of the seas—

A thousand heroes bore it,
 * In the battle fields of old;

All nations quailed before it
 * Defended by the bold—

— Brave Edward and his gallant sons,
 * Beneath its shadow bled;

And lion-hearted Britons
 * That flag to glory led

The sword of Kings defended,
 * When hostile foes were near;

The sheet whose colors blended
 * Memorials proud and dear—

—             The history of a nation
 * Is blazoned on its page;

A brief and bright relation
 * Sent down from age to age.

Bright banner of our native land
 * Bold hearts are knit to thee;

A fearless free determined band
 * Thy champions yet shall be!—

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Susanna Moodie. 103