Delaney: O Canada, oh yes!
O Canada, the Canadian National Anthem was played before the Baseball Hall of Fame Classic exhibition Sunday afternoon at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. Then the Star-Spangled Banner.
I don't know why 'O Canada' was included. Maybe because Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins was playing in the game? Jenkins is a Chatham, Ontario native who was the first Canadian to get a plaque in Cooperstown (1991).
O Canada is a great song despite being the country's official anthem for less than 30 years. O Canada had been sung for 100 years before becoming the anthem of record in 1980. Weird. That seems like something that would happen in a less modernized country than Canada.
O Canada is a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner. The music is beautiful, the words are moving and it's easier to sing. Have you ever heard a Canadian butcher O Canada? Remember Carl Lewis and Roseanne Barr?
Yes, Whitney Houston's Super Bowl rendition of the National Anthem was incredible. She's really, really good.
Next time you're in the shower, give O Canada a try. Here are the words:
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.
I don't know why 'O Canada' was included. Maybe because Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins was playing in the game? Jenkins is a Chatham, Ontario native who was the first Canadian to get a plaque in Cooperstown (1991).
O Canada is a great song despite being the country's official anthem for less than 30 years. O Canada had been sung for 100 years before becoming the anthem of record in 1980. Weird. That seems like something that would happen in a less modernized country than Canada.
O Canada is a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner. The music is beautiful, the words are moving and it's easier to sing. Have you ever heard a Canadian butcher O Canada? Remember Carl Lewis and Roseanne Barr?
Yes, Whitney Houston's Super Bowl rendition of the National Anthem was incredible. She's really, really good.
Next time you're in the shower, give O Canada a try. Here are the words:
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.
posted by Anne Delaney at
11:41 PM
3 Comments:
Interesting, but can you give us the French lyrics?
only americans.... that's just a joke (I am a Utica native, recently moved to Toronto, Canada)... "Oh Canada" was played because there happens to be a Canadian MLB team named the Blue Jays.... And by the way, they just happen to be battling head to head with the Yankees =-)
and not many Canadians actually know how to speak French!!!
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