Composition Details
- Composed by: Traditional French Canadian
- Arranged by: Donald Patriquin
- Canadian Work:
Yes
Performed in Concert
In Collections
Text:
Un Canadien errant, banni de ses foyers,
Parcourait en pleurant des pays étrangers.
Un jour, tiste et pesif, assis u bord des flots,
Au courant fugitif il addressa ces mots:
“Si tu vois mon pays, mon pays malheureux,
Va, dis à mes amis que je me souviens d’eux.
Non mais en expirant, O mon cher Canada!
Mon regard languissant vers toi se portera…”
Translation:
A wandering Canadian, banished from his country,
travelled, while mourning, in foreign lands.
One day, sad and pensive, sitting on a riverbank,
he addressed these words to the passing waters:
“If you see my country, my unfortunate country,
go and tell my freinds that I remember them.
And that even as I die, my dearest Canada,
I shall forever long to see you again.”–