DCHP-3

O Canada

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the title and opening words of one of Canada's national songs or anthems, composed in 1880 by Calixa Lavallée (1842-91), the original French words being by Hon. Sir Adolphe Routhier (1839-1920) and the most generally known English words being written in 1908 by the Hon. R. Stanley Weir (1856-1926).

Quotations

1916
He swept himself off his own feet with the heroic strains of "O Canada."
1957
The frogs' spring song was a recognized national anthem long before "O Canada" was written.
1958
"O Canada" [was] originally a chant national of French-speaking Canadians, nowadays with accepted versions in both French and English. . . .