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[00:00:13] There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run

[00:00:18] When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun

[00:00:24] Long before the white man and long before the wheel

[00:00:29] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:00:40] But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds

[00:00:45] As to this verdant country they came from all around

[00:00:51] They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall

[00:00:56] And they built the mines the mills and the factories for the good of us all

[00:01:06] And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the spring

[00:01:12] The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring

[00:01:17] Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day

[00:01:23] And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay

[00:01:30] For they looked in the future and what did they see

[00:01:35] They saw an iron road runnin' from sea to the sea

[00:01:41] Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land

[00:01:45] All up through the seaports and into their hands

[00:01:51] Look away said they across this mighty land

[00:02:00] From the eastern shore to the western strand

[00:02:09] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

[00:02:13] We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

[00:02:18] Open 'er heart let the life blood flow

[00:02:21] Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow

[00:02:26] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

[00:02:30] We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

[00:02:35] Open 'er heart let the life blood flow

[00:02:38] Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow

[00:02:43] Get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow

[00:02:56] Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'

[00:03:04] The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day

[00:03:14] Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping

[00:03:22] Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away

[00:03:31] We are the navvies who work upon the railway

[00:03:39] Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

[00:03:49] Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey

[00:03:57] Bendin' our old backs 'til the long days are done

[00:04:05] We are the navvies who work upon the railway

[00:04:14] Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

[00:04:24] Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges

[00:04:32] Bendin' our old backs 'til the railroad is done

[00:04:55] So over the mountains and over the plains

[00:05:01] Into the muskeg and into the rain

[00:05:06] Up the St Lawrence all the way to Gaspe

[00:05:10] Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay

[00:05:15] Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down

[00:05:20] Away to the bunkhouse and into the town

[00:05:24] A dollar a day and a place for my head

[00:05:28] A drink to the livin' and a toast to the dead

[00:05:34] Oh the song of the future has been sung

[00:05:40] All the battles have been won

[00:05:45] O'er the mountain tops we stand

[00:05:48] All the world at our command

[00:05:53] We have opened up the soil

[00:05:57] With our teardrops and our toil

[00:06:04] For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run

[00:06:10] When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun

[00:06:16] Long before the white man and long before the wheel

[00:06:21] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:06:26] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:06:32] And many are the dead men too silent to be real