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In reply to the discussion: Happy 150th Birthday Canada!!! [View all]

Saviolo

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2. You gotta learn the standard bilingual lyrics to O Canada
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 12:31 PM
Jul 2017

I grew up in Ottawa, right on the border with Quebec (though I'm in Toronto, now), and that was the version we heard most frequently. First verse in English, abrupt change to French for the middle, then finish last couple of lines in English again. I remember once I was visiting some friends of mine down in California and they said there was no way I could sing O Canada in French (they were a little shocked when I could

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