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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS From "Over The Hills of Home"

+ + +  +  +  +  +  +  +  + Laddie! Laddie! Laddie! "Somewhere in France"
 * you sleep,

Somewhere 'neath alien flowers and alien
 * winds that weep.

Bravely you marched to battle, nobly
 * your life laid down.

You unto death were faithful, laddie,
 * yours is the victor's crown.

Laddie! Laddie! Laddie! How dim is the
 * sunshine grown,

As mother and I together speak softly
 * in tender tone!

And the lips that quiver and falter
 * have ever a single theme,

As we list for your dear, lost whistle,
 * laddie, over the hills of dream.

Laddie, beloved laddie! How soon should
 * we cease to weep

Could we glance through the golden gate-
 * way whose keys the angels keep!

Yet love, our love that is deathless, can
 * follow you where you roam,

Over the hills of God, laddie, the
 * beautiful hills of Home.

—Lilian Leveridge. 67