Revealed, the plan to over take the ridge It was an ambitious plan indeed . Could not repeat failures at Somme Chances, they had only one, they could not falter A fire broke out in the sky, the sound of 10, 000 thunders The senses now smitten Their trenches would reduce to mud And fill with blood and limbs, And forward they'd march up the ridge To follow the creeping barrage of molten steel Pulverized yet threads of resistance remain Moving forward they'd mop up with relative ease To the west, battalions were not keeping pace Reinforcements would be needed to ensure They would overcome As they gazed upon it, the barren land in siege The surreal bombardment, the world had never seen The enemy crushed, by their cunning and foresight To invoke the honour, of our forefathers plight For they would achieve, what they could not Canopy of steel, their guiding light Steadily forward, we move with ease Our soldiers head out, stalwart from green When the soldiers looked down from the ridge top And look on the view from on high Victorious voices would echo Songs of glory and pride, our nation was truly horn To our glorious dead we pay homage You showed the world our mettle And forged Canadian prideTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
