Knokke-Heist, Belgium - Church service 2017
On Saturday 4th November 2017 a Canadian Church Service was held in the Margaretakerk in Knokke-Heist, remembrance for the liberation of the Scheldt in 1944. Accompanied by the "For Freedom Pipes and Drums" and "Almost Heaven".
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"Amazing Grace" by For Freedom Pipes & Drums
Amazing grace, How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come,
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.
"The Banks Of The Leopold Canal" by Almost Heaven
Time is a ticking my love
Can no longer stay
Sounds of the alarms
And I must go away
Ordered out over seas
For many a weary day
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal
Oh, Willie, Sweet Willie
Don't leave me here alone
For I wish to God above,
That I was never born
Parting from you my love
I'd rather be buried alive
So stay home with me Sweet Willie
And I'll be your loving wife
Oh Annie, Sweet Annie
Surely can not stay
The government has ordered me
And I must go away
The government has ordered me
Set up their command
And I'm bound away my love
For the Leopold Canal
Cruel was the war
When it first began
Out of Canada
We lost, many a man
Out of Canada
Men were battered and torn
Thousands lay dead on Leopold's shore
Sitting in the trenches
Couldn't help but curse
This cruel bloody war
Had taken me from her
Taken me from my sweet heart
And the place where I loved to dwell
And shipped me off to the bloody banks,
Of the Leopold Canal
Time is a ticking my love
Can no longer stay
Sounds of the alarms
And I must go away
Ordered out over seas
For many a weary day
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal