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Rh I love the land of Canada,
 * The dear land of my birth;

I deem my native country
 * The fairest place on earth.

I love her lakes and rivers,
 * Her forests, grand and high,

And her golden sunsets bright’ning
 * The landscape to the eye.

I love the slender Tamarac,
 * The tall and stately Pine,

The bonnie Birch and sturdy Oak
 * With clinging Ivy vine.

So beautiful! So glorious!
 * In Autumn splendor drest,

I love them all, but ah! I love
 * The Maple Tree the best.

Old England has her Royal Rose,
 * The Thistle’s Scotland's pride,

Whilst many brave and gallant men
 * For Erin’s Shamrock died.

But give to me the Maple Leaf,
 * More fair than all the rest,

Our country’s precious emblem,
 * The dearest and the best.