OH, OH, CANADA

A land of milk and honey
is our country Canada,
the beauty of the land and people
used to make us shout hoorah.

We have fields of grain abundant
and in every grocery store,
there’s enough to feed our population
and several countries more.

Why is it that we have to pay
a toonie for a loaf of bread,
we have more wheat than we can use
prices mounting to our dread.

How can those among us
who draw just minimum wage,
pay for life’s necessities
it puts me in a rage.

They need what keeps them healthy
just the same as you and I,
to get ahead is nigh impossible
with prices now sky high.

It seems that those that have the most
keep on getting more and more,
and those that really need it
use the food bank not the store.

The scales of justice need to balance
those that have must learn to share,
for the excess that we’ve stashed away
the poor, it’s also theirs.

For the riches of the world
belong to all God’s family,
let’s share the bounty that we have
and restore their dignity.

Laws of darkness are enacted
it seems we have no say,
there’s no one left to vote for
who’ll bring God’s laws into play.

Our country is so wounded
and does not our sentiments show,
they’re erasing all that’s made us proud
so many years ago.

Bring to us the people needed
Lord, before it is too late,
come back in force to Canada
common sense to re-instate.

Margaret Rose Larrivee
Mar. 18, 2007