Mild Christmas + 

On Christmas Day of eighty-nine, + 

The sun all day did pleasant shine; + 

The cows they would not eat their hay, + 

But o’er the pasture lands did stray. + 

Such winter day is seldom seen, + 

Instead of white the fields were green; + 

Colts and young cattle they did play, + 

Happy as in the month of May. + 

But Canadians do delight, + 

To see the landscape robed in white; + 

To them the sweetest music dwells + 

In merry tinkle of sleigh bells. + 

And land doth more abundant yield, + 

When the snow mantle covers field; + 

And farmer quick can load his sleigh, + 

And cheerful drive o’er icy way. + 

For true Canadians love the snow, + 

And like to hear old Boreas blow; + 

For with just pride they all do boast, + 

They love the winter’s cold and frost. + 