CANADIAN PACIFIC
(Ray Griff)

George Hamilton IV - 1969
Hank Snow - 1971
Chet Atkins - 1974

Also recorded by: Count Basie; Foster & Allen; Tim Hus.



I rode your ocean liner to Newfoundland
Where I made a livin' in an iron mine
When I got my fill, I went to Nova Scotia
And I fished the salty waters for a time

Passing through Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
I could see them rocks and cliffs of solid stone
Listenin' to the seagulls callin' to each other
Made me miss my darlin' and my distant home

Canadian Pacific, carry me three thousand miles
Through the valleys and the forests
To the sunshine of her smile
'Cross the plains and rugged mountains
Keep this wanderin' boy from harm
Canadian Pacific, take me to my baby's arms

The Atlantic disappeared on the horizon
And Quebec lay waitin' for me down the track
For a while I drove a truck to keep from starvin'
In Ontario I was a lumberjack

Manitoba and Saskatchewan then followed
Where the wheat fields and the old Red River flows
In the quiet hours your whistle on the prairie
Touched my heart and set my memories aglow

I could feel the nearness of her warm, soft kisses
When you rolled into Alberta westward bound
I worked on an oil rig to make some money
For a ticket to the sweetest girl around

Pushin' on past Lake Louise in all it's splendour
Where the trees and Rockies touch the sky above
I got to British Columbia and heaven
On your tracks I made it back to my true love

Canadian Pacific, carried me three thousand miles
Through the valleys and the forests
To the sunshine of her smile
'Cross the plains and rugged mountains
You kept this wanderin' boy from harm
Canadian Pacific, you took me to my baby's arms

Canadian Pacific, carried me three thousand miles
Through the valleys.............FADE