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Manitoba is a land of many lakes
The prairie crocus make no mistake
Riding Mountain and the Hudson Bay
Way down south to the tall grass plains
Thereâs water in the fuel and water in the blood
The later the melt the greater the flood
You ought to see what it can be like
Bring another pump and build another dike
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Weâve been sandbagging every night and day
Just to try and keep the water at bay
The River is a-rising and the Redâs gonna flood
Weâre standing our ground in the Manitoba mud
From Emerson and Morris and Ste. Agathe
They said that it really was a-rising fast
Weâre holding our own and holding our breath
Weâre all just waiting for the river to crest
Thereâs water in the fields and water in the farms
Up in the bins and up in the barns
Weâre going under an inch at a time
Itâs up to the cab on the big combine
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So there I was at the Grain Exchange down on mortgage and pain
I couldnât find any higher ground so hereâs where Iâm a gonna stay
Thereâs a sharp-tail grouse out in the field
He says to the Grey Owl Iâm gettingâ out of here
Up the Assiniboine, up the Quâ Appelle
Theyâve been fightinâ that river since Louis Riel
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Thatâs about all and thatâs about it
This land is flatter than a Bodewash chip
Batten down your barriers and barricades
Thatâs how it is living on a flood plain
We ainât gonna leave and we ainât gonna quit
Weâve got the ring dike and weâve got Duffâs Ditch
Weâll be right here where the river flows
Come hell or high water or both
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