Whene’er we take a tour abroad + 

We love to travel o’er new road, + 

Where scenery to us is new + 

And landscape pleasing to the view, + 

When invited for to rally + 

And take a trip on Credit Valley, + 

We resolved for to afford + 

A day with Council and School Board, + 

For to view the rural charms + 

Of hills and dales and fertile farms, + 

With joy we saw the sunbeams gleam + 

On Grand River beauteous stream, + 

And those perpendicular walls + 

Of rock, like old baronial halls, + 

We saw the great lake ebb and flow, + 

And queen city of Ontario, + 

While some enjoyed the genial smile + 

Of Hanlon on his lake girt isle, + 

Returning home each one exclaims + 

“Happiest spot is banks of Thames.” + 