Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: O Canada lyrics Message-ID: <1768@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 12:03:23 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1768 Posted: Fri Jul 15 12:03:23 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 15:00:50 EDT References: <1761@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 59 I sent this by mail to the original inquirer about O Canada lyrics, but since there seems to be more interest, here goes... ------------------- 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