Upper Ottawa
Over the snows,
Buoyantly goes
The lumberers bark canoe;
Lightly they sweep,
Wilder each leap,
Rending the white caps through.
Away! away I
With the speed of a startled deer,
While the steersman true,
And his laughing crew,
Sing of their wild career:
"Mariners glide
Far o'er the tide,
In ships that are staunch and strong;
Safely as they,
Speed we away,
Waking the woods with song."
Away! away!
With the flight of a startled deer,
While the laughing crew
Of the swift canoe
Sing of the raftsmen's cheer:
"Over the snows,
Buoyantly goes
The lumberers bark canoe;
Lightly they sweep,
Wilder each leap,
Rending the white caps through.
Away! away!
With the speed of a startled deer,
While the steersman true,
And his laughing crew,
Sing of their wild career"