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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: O Canada vs. New York
Message-ID: <2264@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 20:57:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: mnetor.2264
Posted: Wed Sep 25 20:57:43 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 23:41:46 EDT
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Reply-To: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
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Summary: 

>In <638@mprvaxa.UUCP>, Tim Bray (tbray@mprvaxa) writes:
>> If you want to be really nauseated, go look up the first verse in French.
>> Enough to turn you into an instant separatist.
>
Oh Canada, Terre de nos aieux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux,
Car ton bras sait porter l'epee,
I sait porter la croix.
Ton histoire est une epopee,
De plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempee,
Protegera nos foyers et nos droits,
Protegera nos foyers et nos droits.

Well, maybe all the religious references are quaint and dated, but after I
finally understood what was wet with what (about 2 years ago only), I learned
to appreciate this quite a bit, especially since I grew up with
"La Marseillaise", which has got to be one of the bloodiest and most 
disgusting anthems in the whole world.  Oh Canada is pretty nice.  How many 
other anthems talk about rights?
-- 
Sophie Quigley
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