May be sung to Battle Hymn

1.
WE HAVE A GOD WHO KEEPS US
ON THE ROAD THAT WE SHOULD GO.
OUR CREATOR, BY WHATEVER NAME,
IS ONE THAT WE ALL KNOW.
WHETHER ALLAH OR JEHOVAH
OR THE MIGHTY MANITOU,
OUR ONE AND ONLY GOD.

REFRAIN:
PRAISES WE WILL SING FOR EVER.
PRAISES WE WILL SING FOR EVER.
PRAISES WE WILL SING FOR EVER.
OUR ONE AND ONLY GOD.

2.
WITH OUR BROTHERS AND OUR SISTERS,
EVERY COLOUR, EVERY CREED,
THERE IS GUIDING AND THERE'S SCOUTING
IN ALL COUNTRIES THAT ARE FREE.
EV'RY RANGER, SPARK AND PATHFINDER
HAS HELP IN TIME OF NEED,
OUR ONE AND ONLY GOD.

3.
THE GOD OF EV'RY BEAVER,
EV'RY VENTURER AND CUB,
SHOWS THE SCOUTS AND BROWNIES
HOW TO FILL THE WORLD WITH LOVE,
LEADS THE GUIDES AND ROVERS
AND ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE,
OUR ONE AND ONLY GOD.

4.
IT WAS GOD WHO LED OUR FOUNDER
TO THAT ISLE ACROSS THE SEA,
THERE TO PLANT THE LITTLE ACORN
THAT BECAME THE GREAT OAK TREE
THAT IS SPREADING OUT FROM BROWNSEA
DOWN THE YEARS TO YOU AND ME,
OUR ONE AND ONLY GOD.

© Doreen M. Lankhear-Smith
Thunder Bay, Ontario. February 1980
Revised 1986