The Snows. Upper Ottawa.

Over the snows,     Buoyantly goes     The lumberers' bark canoe;     Lightly they sweep,     Wilder each leap,     Bending the white caps through.     Away! away!     With the speed of a startled deer,     While the steersman true,     And his laughing crew,     Sing of their wild career:     "Mariners glide     Far o'er the tide,     In ships that are staunch and strong;     Safely as they,     Speed we away,     Waking the woods with song."     Away! away!     With the flight of a startled deer,     While the laughing crew     Of the swift canoe     Sing of the raftsmen's cheer:     "Through forest and brake,     O'er rapid and lake,     We're sport for the sun and rain;     Free as the child     Of the Arab wild,     Hardened to toil and pain.     Away! away!     With the speed of a startled deer,     While our buoyant flight,     And the rapid's might,     Heighten our swift career."     Over the snows     Buoyantly goes     The lumberers' bark canoe;     Lightly they sweep,     Wilder each leap,     Tearing the white caps through.     Away! away!     With the speed of a startled deer;     There's a fearless crew     In each light canoe,     To sing of the raftsmen's cheer.