Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Tommy Douglas D. Peters ©2013
A tribute to the heroes of Canada’s national healthcare system, including the often overlooked Woodrow Lloyd.
Canadians love our health care, an icon far and wide
Unites our humble nation, a source of national pride
It started in Saskatchewan and made a national stand
The vision of a hearty few rolled across this great land
Emmet Hall is father of our beloved Medicare
Monique Begin’s the mother, of all things just and fair
And old Wallace McCutcheon, is a name we will avoid
As we remember Tommy Douglas and forget about Woodrow Lloyd
The Saskatoon Agreement, was not first well received
Big business bucked, the doctors struck, the days reached 23
And then old McCutcheon’s Tories cried, those reds won’t have their way
If you want to have a baby you’re just going to have to pay
Well you can keep Obama Care, now the National Health is fine
But nothing’s better than Medicare, if you don’t mind a wait in line
Tommy Douglas got it started, Lester Pearson made it stick
But it’s poor old Woodrow Lloyd, we need to thank when we are sick
From rural Webb to Biggar, Woodrow Lloyd did come to be
Became premier of Saskatchewan, when Tommy left for the NDP
Passed the first universal legislation, stood up to doctors for days
Then got voted out for Ross Thatcher’s Grits
His memory now but a haze
We all know Tommy Douglas, now we know Woodrow Lloyd
We all love Tommy Douglas, now we love Woodrow Lloyd
Original version
youtu.be/wDp8WzLzVfo?si=7CzSH3i_Rp15wHE6
Tommy Douglas D. Peters ©2013
A tribute to the heroes of Canada’s national healthcare system, including the often overlooked Woodrow Lloyd.
Canadians love our health care, an icon far and wide
Unites our humble nation, a source of national pride
It started in Saskatchewan and made a national stand
The vision of a hearty few rolled across this great land
Emmet Hall is father of our beloved Medicare
Monique Begin’s the mother, of all things just and fair
And old Wallace McCutcheon, is a name we will avoid
As we remember Tommy Douglas and forget about Woodrow Lloyd
The Saskatoon Agreement, was not first well received
Big business bucked, the doctors struck, the days reached 23
And then old McCutcheon’s Tories cried, those reds won’t have their way
If you want to have a baby you’re just going to have to pay
Well you can keep Obama Care, now the National Health is fine
But nothing’s better than Medicare, if you don’t mind a wait in line
Tommy Douglas got it started, Lester Pearson made it stick
But it’s poor old Woodrow Lloyd, we need to thank when we are sick
From rural Webb to Biggar, Woodrow Lloyd did come to be
Became premier of Saskatchewan, when Tommy left for the NDP
Passed the first universal legislation, stood up to doctors for days
Then got voted out for Ross Thatcher’s Grits
His memory now but a haze
We all know Tommy Douglas, now we know Woodrow Lloyd
We all love Tommy Douglas, now we love Woodrow Lloyd
