Life In The Woods

Lines on the struggles of the early settlers. Canada hath wealthy yeoman Whose fathers overcame the foeman ; The enemy they boldly slew Was mighty forest they did hew, And where they burned heaps of slain Their sons now reap the golden grain ; But in the region of North West, With prairie farms they are blest ; Though this to them it may seem good Yet many blessings come from wood. It shelters you from fierce storm, And in the winter keeps you warm ; For one who hath his forest trees He builds his house and barn with ease, And how quick he gets from thence Timber for bridge and for his fence.