O Canada! I'm Wrapped Up for Thee!
My fingers are stiff. My toes are all numb.
I’m actually missing half my thumb!
My legs are like ice cubes; my lips are all blue
I need to defrost, all the way through.
I can’t see a thing! There’s not enough light.
And not ‘cause I’m blinking, and not ‘cause it’s night.
Wow, what a riddle! I’ll give you the key...
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My scarf has taken a HOSTAGE! It’s ME!
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Its wool is all stuck in my eyes and my mouth
The fuzz went up north, the lint floated south!
My ears are not working through 6 layers of stuff
They simply can’t hear through the floof and the fluff!
BUT MY GRANDMA MADE IT! I LOVE IT! I mean...
For fashion, I’m sure that she cared not a bean
But Granny survived the blizzards and snow!
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She walked both ways up all the hills, don’t you know?
She covered eight miles to just get to school
In bare feet and dragging her lunch and a mule!
But back to the subject. I can’t find my face!
It’s ‘cause all this padding invaded my space!
On a pole frozen solid, I left my poor tongue.
I’ve known that could happen since I was quite young
I wanted to see if those warnings were true!
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Now I’m thumb-less and tongue-less and feeling quite blue.
To add to my battles, I can’t use my nose.
I breathed in the wool. It stuck there and froze!
My senses are all in great need of some care!
My hearing! My smelling! My thumb that’s not there!
How will I manage? No sight, smell, or feel!
My tongue is a pole now. Can this be for real?
But, Granny, I’m true to my land and my hearth.
When the going gets tough, you just put on a scarf!
You wrap yourself up! Can’t see? Have no fear!
There’ll be sunlight next summer! In just half-a-year!
I am Canadian! Frozen, and free!
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Oh Canada! I’m wrapped up for Thee!
