Guide Marching Song
(source: "Songs for Canadian Girl Guides", 6th ed., 1981. Music and words by Mary Chater; also found in "Girl Guide Songbook, Vol. 1", Girl Guides Association, 1984.)

Chorus:

They are Guides, all Guides

And in unexpected places

You'll meet their friendly faces

And a ready hand besides

And there's not much danger

Of finding you're a stranger

For Commissioner or Ranger

They are Guides, all Guides

Who are these? Swinging along the road,

With a a pack on the back, a song in the heart, to ease the load? 

It is eighty years or more since they crowded through the door,

And they're coming along as gay and strong as ever they came before

Who are these? Living beneath the sky

While the simmering sun, the pattering rain, the clouds pass by

They will dine beneath the boughs and their leader always vows

That they're never afraid of wasps and hardly ever afraid of cows

Who are these? Sitting around the fire

They'll be happy to have your company if that is your desire

And the evening will be gay at the sunset of the day

With a song to sing and a tale to tell and many a tune to play

Who are these leaving the beaten track,

They are climbing high to the open sky and they won't turn back

You may join them where you will for the gate is open still

And the Guides of today can find their way to the path across the hill

Final Chorus:

They are Guides all Guides

At this moment you will find them

With eighty years behind them

And a steady heart besides

For in need or danger

They're friends with every stranger

And as Brownie, Guide and Ranger

They are Guides - all Guides!