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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: O Canada lyrics
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Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 12:03:23 EDT
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I sent this by mail to the original inquirer about O Canada lyrics,
but since there seems to be more interest, here goes...
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Current official words (revised a couple of years ago):

O Canada
Our home and native land
True patriot love
In all thy sons' command
With glowing hearts we see thee rise
The true north strong and free
>From far and wide, O Canada
We stand on guard for thee
God keep our land glorious and free
O Canada we stand on guard for thee
O Canada we stand on guard for thee

(generally unknown second verse):

O Canada
Where pines and maples grow
Great prairies spread
And lordly rivers flow
How dear to us thy broad domain
>From east to western sea
Thy land of hope for all who toil
We stand on guard for thee
God keep our land (etc., same as first verse).

This verse is SO unknown that when someone sang it at a Toronto Blue Jays
game (Pearson Cup exhibition against Montreal a couple of years back) he
was booed roundly by the crowd who thought he was changing the words. Even
the news reports were mostly wrong - reporters didn't know about the
second verse.

I seem to remember there's even a third verse with something about
wheatfields, but I'm not sure.

The words were changed a few years ago from the somewhat repetitious:

O Canada
Our home and native land
True patriot love
In all thy sons' command
With glowing hearts we see thee rise
The true north strong and free
O Canada, we stand on guard
We stand on guard for thee
O Canada, glorious and free
We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee

Up until not that long ago, our "official" national
anthem (not the one every played at events, though) was still
"The Maple Leaf Forever".

Dave Sherman
Toronto