ON THE ROADS OF MANITOBA

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Cypress Choral Music · On the Roads of Manitoba – by Isabel Belina; arr. Larry Nickel

Cypress Choral Music · 07) On The Roads Of Manitoba- Sweet Home Canada Suite – by Isabel Belina

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LYRICS

I’m an independent trucker like my father used to be
He often took me with him from the time when I was three
He taught me how to read from signs – it was our little game
And every place we stopped to eat – they all knew his name

Refrain:
On the roads of Manitoba, underneath the prairie sky
All those roads of Manitoba get me home by and by

I’ve been all the way to Flin Flon in winter’s rage of white
I’ve cruised along Lake Winnipeg on quiet moonless nights
I’ve driven into crimson sky with nothing in my way
And on the other side of night the dawning of the day (2x)

I’ve travelled ‘cross this country from the east coast to the west
I know a thousand places where I can stop to rest
I’m sure I’ve done a million miles with many more to go
But on the Manitoba roads I take it nice and slow

Refrain:
On the roads of Manitoba, underneath the prairie sky
All those roads of Manitoba get me home by and by