The Penetanguishene Song

by Charles “Chuck” Duquette

 

It has a history of 10,000 years or more

When the ice first retreated leaving the hills and the beautiful shores

The native people called her the white rolling sands

That’s how the name of our little town began

 

Lumberjacks and farmers had cleared away the trees

Making room for settlers to open up this community

We as their descendants will always proudly be

A part of this town’s living history

 

Chorus

Penetanguishene prettiest town I’ve ever seen

Your shores are so inviting for people who have never seen them

Your beautiful little harbor and your white rolling sands

People will stare for hours at the beauty of this land

 

Passing by the angels entering into town

Look at all the beauty mother nature’s left around

Down at the harbor gazing upon the land

See the beautiful steeples of church they call St. Ann’s

 

I was born in the summer of 1944

Lived all my life here on the banks upon its shores

I will always love this pretty little town

And no one will convince me there’s a better place around

 

Chorus

Penetanguishene prettiest town I’ve ever seen

Your shores are so inviting for people who have never seen them

Your beautiful little harbor and your white rolling sands

People will stare for hours at the beauty of this land