Canadian Pacific

I rode the ocean liner to New foundland

Where I made a living in an iron mine

When I got my fill I went to Nova Scotia

And I fished the salty waters for a time.

Passing through Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick

I could see the rocks and cliffs of solid stone

Listening to the seagulls calling to each other

Made me miss my darling and my distant home.

Canadian Pacific carry me three thousand miles

Through the valleys and the forests to the sunshine of her smile

Cross the plains and the rugged mountains

Keep this wanderin' boy from harm

Canadian Pacific take me to my baby's arms.

The Atlantic disappeared on the horizon

And Quebec lay waiting for me down the track

For a while I drove a truck to keep from starving

In Ontario I was a lumberjack.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan then followed

Where the wheat fields and the old Red River flowed

In the quiet hours you whistle on the praire

Touched my heart and set my memories aglow.

I could feel the nearness of her warm sweet kisses

When you rolled into Alberta westward bound

I worked on an oil rig to make some money

For a ticket to the sweetest girl around.

Pushing on past Lake Louise in all it's splendor

Where the trees and Rockies touch the sky above

I got to British Columbia and heaven

On your tracks I made it back to my true love.

Canadian Pacific carry me three thousand miles

Through the valleys and the forests to the sunshine of her smile

Cross the plains and the rugged mountains

Keep this wanderin' boy from harm

Canadian Pacific take me to my baby's arms...