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By Julie Doherty

I joined the Forces with you

Even though we hadn’t met

The Good Lord put me here for you

He said, “You’re his best bet"

You went away, you came back

And sometimes you stayed a while

But often you took me with you

Over many a hundred mile

I planted one foot firmly

The other I let it roam

We had the kids – I clung to them

As we moved from home to home

The children grew, they never knew

How special they were to us

We changed their schools, they left their friends

And hardly made a fuss.

Now that we’re getting older

We’ll soon be settling down

We’re just not sure where that will be

Because Canada’s our home town