Memories of Canada and Scotland

Song

Osborne, 1882

Here Rose and Magnolia
  Our dearest enshrine,
The prayer of the south wind
  Is thine and is mine,
          For Child and for Mother
          Here sweetly twice isled,
          Brave Seamen are praying
          For Mother and Child.

Where State must surround them
  Beneath the Great Keep,
And green oaks of Windsor
  Shade River and Steep,
         For Child and Queen-Mother
          The choristers aisled,
         With armed men are chanting
          For Mother and Child.

Away where the Heather
  Blooms far o’er the Pine,
The Highlander’s blessing
  Is mine and is thine,
         For Child and for Mother
          Beloved and mild;
         What heart does not bless them,
          Dear Mother and Child.