PWIn memory of our latest fallen soldier.
A Canadian soldier goes home today
His duty all but done
His friends gather round to see him off
And salute him one by one
To keep the peace he's done his best
And kept the foe at bay
And gave the children in a foreign land
A chance to run and play
They may never know this soldier's name
Nor the sacrifice he made
To leave his own fond loved ones
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At home they wish he stayed
But the work of keeping a fragile peaceIs a long and arduous one
Most times accomplished with an open hand
But sometimes with a gun
He is not the first to go this way
But we pray he is the last
With a few shed tears we say goodbye
And then from sight he's passed
Yes, a Canadian soldier goes home today
Draped in our National Flag
His duty for his country is done
Rest well my fallen comrade
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by Roland MacKinnon
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