Verse 1: Old England has a daughter fair and beautiful to see; John Bull is mighty proud of her, and so he ought to be; She’ll stand beside him all the time and face the fiercest foe Her magic name is “Canada” you’ve heard of it I know.
Chorus: T’was “a little scrap of paper” got our nation into war; when Britain makes a bargain you can take her “note” at par; the Kaiser will be wiser when this argument is through When Germans feel Canadian steel the cry will be “Skidoo”
Verse 2: They’ve called us to the colors and the order we’ll obey; We want the world to understand we mean just what we say; We’ll aid a little brother, struck by brutal bully’s might, For Honor and for Liberty and Justice we will fight.
Verse 3: If you would see a nation that is loyal thought and through, Canadians are the people I would introduce you to; Just say a word against our King or country if you dare You might as well attempt to beard the lion in his lair.
Verse 4: We love our King, we lover our flag, we honor British laws, And no one can deny but what we have sufficient cause; Beneath the grand old Union Jack we mean to live and die, In peace or war, where’er we are, on us you can rely.
Werry, Rich L. (Lyrics) ; Brown, G. Harold (Music), Sheet music, 1914
Description:
Title: "England’s Daughter and A Scrap of Paper"
Time Signature: 2/4
Key: F
Notations: TO march
Case Study:
“Boys from Canada”: The Songs of the First World War
Creator:
Werry, Rich L. (Lyrics) ; Brown, G. Harold (Music)
Source:
sheet music
Date:
1914
Collection/Fonds:
Publisher:
R. L. Werry
Contributer:
McMaster University Libraries
Rights:
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Identifier:
WWI, 13
Language:
eng
Type:
Image
Format:
jpg
Transcript: