"O Canada" Revised

[French Rage]

Sing it the new way.  Sing it the old way.  No one will be paying enough attention to notice.

[BearLover]

Trudeau sucks and nobody cares or asked for this.

A lot of people cared and asked for this, actually. You can disagree but I'm not really sure where you get the impression no one cares.

But why? Why would you go against what a country and its people want? If they change their anthem and if you want to support our Canadian players, why wouldn't you sing what they say is their anthem?

Well, it's quite simple, really. If you let Obama change the lyrics so that more people feel included, the logical next step is him taking away our AR-15s

[jtwcornell91]

The song has had as many versions as Cornell's Alma Mater has verses.

http://faze.ca/canada-national-anthem-through-history/

Years ago I came across a lyric sheet for O Canada from when my great grandfather was in the Canadian army in WW I, and there were a number of differences to the current version. IIRC the cross and sword stuff was there, in the English version.

[Trotsky]

The song has had as many versions as Cornell's Alma Mater has verses.

http://faze.ca/canada-national-anthem-through-history/

Years ago I came across a lyric sheet for O Canada from when my great grandfather was in the Canadian army in WW I, and there were a number of differences to the current version. IIRC the cross and sword stuff was there, in the English version.

The history.

The earliest English version:

O Canada! Our fathers' land of old

Thy brow is crown'd with leaves of red and gold.

Beneath the shade of the Holy Cross

Thy children own their birth

No stains thy glorious annals gloss

Since valour shield thy hearth.

Almighty God! On thee we call

Defend our rights, forfend this nation's thrall,

Defend our rights, forfend this nation's thrall.

1880, en français:

O Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,

Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée, Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée

Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempe,

Protègera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protègera nos foyers et nos droits.

[JohnF81]

The best Canadian anthem version was Roger Doucet at the Montreal Forum when he sang "we stand on guard for rights and liberty"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3faC2vcKko