You Can Try but This Leaf Wont Die

I’m not sure why

every leaf must die

I question it to be true.

As a Canadian boy

raised with pride there’s

one thing I always knew.

The Maple leaf is forever,

our symbol our sign

we will surrender it never

as it’s come to define

our people our pleasure

as we take it wherever

a Canadian you can find

Its seen the shores of Africa

and D-day we remember

it was at the Somme

for four months long

till victory in November.

At Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge

we raised the leaf on high

At Queenston heights and Lundy’s lane

Canadians behind it were willing to die

If Two world wars and the USA couldn’t kill this leaf

am I unfounded to say this in my belief

that as you wonder why

every leaf must die

I think not

and every time we fought

for our Maple Leaf and why.