Joseph Howe, none higher stood than thou, + 

Thou wert a man with lofty brow; + 

D’Arcy McGee, so brilliant and free, + 

From green isle you came o’er the sea. + 

George Cartier to the French ever dear, + 

So high you stood without a peer; + 

John Sandfield for long you did build + 

Power under economy’s shield. + 

George Brown, thou man of renown, + 

Confederation you did crown; + 

You now are all free from the strife + 

The wrangle and jangle of political life. + 

But if a glance at this world you take + 

You will there see John A. and Blake, + 

But Sir John the greatest power doth wield, + 

Our Canadian Beaconsfield. + 