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Ode To Newfoundland (Ennis Sisters)

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When sun rays crown thy pine-clad hills,
And summer spreads her hand;
When silvern voices tune thy rills,
We love thee, smiling land;
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, smiling land.

When spreads thy cloak of shimm'ring white,
At winter's stern command;
Thro' shortened day and starlit night,
We love thee, frozen land;
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, frozen land.

When blinding storm gusts fret thy shore,
And wild waves lash thy strand;
Thro' spindrift swirl and tempest roar,
We love thee windswept land;
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee windswept land.

As loved our fathers, so we love,
Where once they stood, we stand;
Their prayer we raise to heaven above,
God guard thee, Newfoundland;
God guard thee, God guard thee,
God guard thee, Newfoundland.

####.... The national anthem of Newfoundland, written by Sir Cavendish Boyle [1849-1916] while he was Britain's Governor of Newfoundland between 1901 and 1904. Music by C. Hubert H. Parry [1848-1918]. Arranged by Henry Coleman. First public performance on January 21st, 1902. ....####

Published in Gerald S. Doyle's Old-Time Songs And Poetry Of Newfoundland: Songs Of The People From The Days Of Our Forefathers (Third edition, p.7, 1955). Also published on p.3 of Songs Of Newfoundland, a complimentary booklet of lyrics to twenty-one songs distributed by the Bennett Brewing Co. Ltd., of St. John's, NL, with the cooperation of the Gerald S. Doyle Song Book from which the words were obtained.

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