I rode the Ocean Liner to Newfoundland There I made my living in an iron mine When I got my fill I went to Nova Scotia And I fished in salty waters for a time Passing thru Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick And I see those rocks and cliffs of solid stone Listen to the seagulls calling to each other Made me miss my darling and my distant home
Canadian Pacific Carry me three thousand miles Cross the valleys and the forests To the sunshine of her smile Cross the plains and rugged mountains Keep this wandering 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 and Fallon Where the wheat fields and the Old Red River flows In the quiet air a whistle on a prairie Touched my heart and set my memories aglow
I could feel the early savoir of soft kisses When we 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 its splendor Where the trees and Rockies touch the sky above I’ve got to British Columbia, a heaven On your tracks I made it back to my true love