RALLYING SONG

     Just as we ready our home to joyfully greet family,
     especially at times of celebration,
     so it is we remember that our Normand ancestors
     have made relatives of us all,
     and so to them we sing, in chorus, all together,
     their descendants:

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1. Every Normand in every region
     should be inspired by our motto.
     Whatever the trade or profession, we should sing
     and say together: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

2. From Montmagny, from Gaspésie,
from Montréal, from Saint-Pascal,
from Baie-Comeau, from Ontario,
a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

3. For carpenters and joiners,
    mechanics of all types,
    for engineers and professors,
    a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

     REFRAIN

1. From Rimouski, from Repentigny,
    from Abitibi, from the Estrie
    Shawinigan and Louisiana,
    a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

2. Mothers of families, people of the Church,
    for those in medicine and the civil service,
    for professors, for students,
    a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

3. From Boucherville and from Sept-Îles,
l'Islet-sur-Mer, the Pocatière,
    from Saint-Eugène as well as Varennes,
    a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

     REFRAIN

1. For sailors, entrepreneurs,
    innkeepers and artists
    and all who work with computers,
    a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

2. From Trois-Rivières, from Jonquière,
    from the Outaouais and Québec-Sainte-Foy,
Lévis-Bellechasse, even in the Beauce,
    a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

3. And when taking stock,
    with the years passing in review,
    remember to tell your grandchildren
    that there is a single motto: BUILDING WITH COURAGE

     LAST REFRAIN

Words and music by Germaine Normand

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