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O Canada, our home and native land
Author: Adolphe B. Routhier, 1839-1920; Robert Stanley Weir, 1856-1926 Hymnal: The Book of Praise #833 (1997) Meter: 10.10.8.6.8.6.8.10.10 First Line: O Canada! our home and native land! (O Canada! terre de nos aïeux) Lyrics: 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.
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FRENCH -
O Canada! terre de nos aïeux,
ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
protégera nos foyers et nos droits,
protégera nos foyers et nos droits. Topics: Languages other than English French; National Anthems Languages: English; French Tune Title: O CANADA
O Canada, our home and native land
O Canada
Author: R. Stanley Weir, D. C. L. Hymnal: Children's Hymnal #214 (1957) First Line: O Canada! Our home and native land! Lyrics: 1. 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;
And stand on guard, O Canada,
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.
2 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!
Thou land of hope for all who toil!
Thou True North, strong and free.
O Canada! Glorious and free!
We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.
3 O Canada! Beneath thy shining skies
May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise,
To keep thee steadfast through the years
From East to Western sea,
Our own beloved native land!
Our True North, strong and free.
O Canada! Glorious and free!
We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.
4 Ruler supreme, Who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our Dominion in thy loving care;
Help us to find, O God, in thee
A lasting, rich reward,
As waiting for the Better Day,
We ever stand on guard.
O Canada! Glorious and free!
We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.
Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors; Patriotic Languages: English Tune Title: [O Canada! Our home and native land!]
O Canada
O Canada! Our home and native land
Author: R. S. Weir Hymnal: [Shaʻare shirah] = Gates of Song #154 (1987) Languages: English Tune Title: [O Canada! Our home and native land]
O Canada! Our home and native land
Leendert Kooij
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Albert Durrant Watson
1859 - 1926 Person Name: Albert C. Watson Author (stanza 2) of "O Canada!" in The Celebration Hymnal Watson, Albert Durrant. (Dixie, Ontario, January 8, 1859--May 3, 1926, Toronto, Ont.). Methodist. Victoria University, M.D., C.M., 1883; Edinburgh, P.R.C.P., 1883. While practising medicine in Toronto, he published nine books of prose and verse, culminating in Poetical Works (1924), and served on the compilation committee of the 1917, Methodist Hymn and Tune Book. For it, he wrote "Lord of the lands" to fit Calixa Lavallee's tune for "O Canada", since no English version of its French words had yet to gain general acceptance, and its Quebec origin worked against its use in Protestant churches. His words were widely used on patriotic occasions for the next fifty years, but only in church services, never in state celebrations.
--Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives
Albert Durrant Watson
Robert Stanley Weir
1856 - 1926 Person Name: Robert S. Weir Author (English) of "O Canada!" in The Worshiping Church Weir, Robert Stanley. (Hamilton, Ontario, November 15, 1856--August 20, 1926, Lake Memphremagog, Quebec). Unitarian. McGill University (Montreal), B.C.L., 1881; D.C.L., 1897. He took up law after training, and working for some years, as a schoolteacher. He began to pratise law in Montreal in 1881, and taught it at McGill 1909-1920, as well as writing articles on it, and publishing verse and prose in magazines. For the tercentenary of Quebec City (1908) he composed an English version of "O Canada" which, as kept insisting for the rest of his life, was not an attempted translation of the French lyric which Judge Adolphe B. Routhier had written for the 1880 St-Jean-Baptiste celebrations at Quebec, but an independent poem constructed to pit the tune which Calixa Lavallée had composed for that occasion. Since his poem invokes God only in the final stanza, it was never sung in church until after 1967, when Parliament took incomplete steps toward designating it as Canada's national anthem, and then usually with the amended wording proposed to Parliament in 1972, on which no definite action was then taken.
--Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives
Robert Stanley Weir
