In October 19 and 14, they left on the florizel

To train upon Salisbury plain, the regiment there would dwell

'Til August when they did embark, bound for The Dardanelles

To Suvla Bay they steamed away and glory at Caribou Hill

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   From the beaches of Gallipoli, those fearless lads in their blue putties

   Did march their way into history, to fight upon foreign shore

   From Arras, and Ypres to Poelcappele, the somme produced a portrait of hell

   The bloody mud of Beaumont Hamel, we’ll see their kind nevermore.

The following year, the 29th Division was sent to France

With Borderer and Fusilier, again they were given the chance

On the first of July through no man’s land the whistles did sound the advance

But few would survive the July drive’s impossible circumstance

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For the rest of 16, as was to be seen, replenished ranks reignite

Entrenched in mud, they spilled their blood through rain and gas in the night

With Guedecourt now in their lines and Monchy le Preux in their sights,

And with DCM and Croix de Guerres the Newfoundlanders fight!

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The closing years that saw them there -from Ypres and onto Cambrai

From Paschendale to Bailleal-Nieppe, they fought every inch of the way

till their last engagement of the War, earned the VC that day

Though victors cheers would take them years to count up the price that they paid

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From fishermen, lawyer and shopkeeper, every trade in the colony

From tickle, bight, or cove or bay. Harbour, town or city

From Ayre to Butler, Ricketts and Steele, familiar names you’ll see

The brave and true of the Caribou so famed for a century!

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