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Immigrant Refuge

from Northern Sightlines by John Spearn

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In the bowels of a ship, from a far away land they did come
- free again
To a windblown shack made of earth, sticks and toil the kids were born
- Canadian
six inches underground where the future was found
weighing down on the plough
Let’s pray again for the rain to wash away all our pain
- God knows how.
Canadian soil we are breaking
Our heritage we are making.
From war-torn lands we are taking . . . Dispossessed!
And we won’t forget our own history,
Here we stand proud and strong with our dignity,
Nevermore to run . . . immigrant refugee.
When we look way up high to the Rocky Mountain sky
We see peace . . . tame and free
On the grain-wave ground there are riches to be found
And they’re ours . . . for all the world to see!
It’s a big backyard and we stand on guard
To erase tyranny.
Canadian soil we are breaking
Our heritage we are making.
From war-torn lands we are taking . . . Dispossessed!
And we won’t forget our own history,
Here we stand proud and strong with our dignity,
Nevermore to run . . . immigrant refugee.

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from Northern Sightlines, released January 1, 1999

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John Spearn Edmonton, Alberta

You’ll instantly catch these deep influences threaded through John’s fine vocals, lyrics, and rootsy, guitar-mastered songwriting works. This is pure Canadiana: forgotten but deserving heroes, the humility in our international image, and a superb range of tender ballads through to raw, foot-stompin’ stories that need to be told. ... more

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