Guide for Americans to the Canadian National Anthem
From a post on the Straight Dope Message Board, written by Polycarp:
There are only eight lines to the Canadian National Anthem, but they make them do a lot of work.
The one line that isn't repeated that you need to know is:
The true North, strong and free
That one has to be belted out.
Otherwise, you work with four short passages that together make an iambic pentameter line:
'For thee,' 'O Canada,' 'on guard,' and 'we stand.'
These are sung together in various orders during the song, the order apparently being determined by flipping a loonie three times before commencing singing.
The actual lyrics are
O Canada, mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm...and
Mmmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm...and
Mmmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm...ard
Mmmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm...ard
Mmmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm, the true North, strong and eee
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
It is inadvisable to sing, 'O Canada, I have an infected gland' as someone trying to remember the actual words may hear you.
Alternatively, sing portions of the Marsellaise to the 'O Canada' tune, and haughtily explain to anyone who looks askance at you that you are 'singing the French lyrics; don't they support bilingualism?'
posted by Rob @ 3/02/2005 07:53:00 PM
4 Comments:
1. Do I have to slap you now, or can I do when I see you again?
2. I see you brought the cape over the last time you went home, I also see you have invested in a copy of photoshop. Unless that is your new house, in which case I must say you have a nice view.
Or maybe I should say nice view from the wall scroll.
You didn't finally buy one of those did you? Wasn't the shuin book enough?
Funny, I thought that you told me this anthem joke -- or something similar -- before.
Yes, I brought the cape over. I didn't actually invest in a copy of Photoshop.
And no, I didn't buy the wall scroll. It was a gift from the Higashiichiki BOE, actually.
1. No I didn't...I don't think.
2. No one does.
3. Gifts are good. I couldn't remember if you had bought that one from Ise or not.
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