They Built This Land, Oh Canada!

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[Verse 1]
From BC pines to Maritime tide,
They worked the land with stubborn pride.
On Cockshutt steel and Deere and Case,
They carved out farms in every place.
With Massey red and Allis orange,
They faced the storms and winter snows.
Each turning wheel, each day begun,
Helped build the country we’ve become.

[Chorus – Revised]
Oh Canada, we stand today
On land once tilled the hardest way.
By iron beasts and hearts of steel,
That shaped our nation’s roots so real.
Raise your voice, lift your hand—
We’re standing proud on farmer’s land.
For every seed, and every plow,
We honor what they built—and how.

[Verse 2]
From grain belt roads to northern pine,
They pushed through rock and clay.
With hands gone raw and backs near broke,
They paved this country’s way.
No cab for warmth, no screens to guide,
Just courage in the cold—
They laid the roots of Canada,
In every furrowed fold.

[Chorus]
Oh Canada, we stand today
On land once tilled the hardest way.
By iron beasts and hearts of steel,
That shaped our nation’s roots so real.
Raise your voice, lift your hand—
We’re standing proud on farmer’s land.
For every seed, and every plow,
We honor what they built—and how.

[Bridge]
They worked with chains and open drives,
Through stubborn fields they shaped their lives.
No cab, no ease—just grit and grind,
The kind of strength you rarely find.

[Final Chorus – Revised]
Oh Canada, you rise and shine
Because of grit in every line.
From furrowed fields to steel and steam,
They built the land, they built the dream.
So raise your voice, and let it ring—
For all the farmers, every spring.
And every tractor, red or green—
Still echoes where the fields have been.