[HANASHIR:14469] Re: national anthems

[Danielkare <Danielkare...>]

In a message dated 5/28/2003 4:17:03 PM Central Daylight Time, 
mfsings (at) ccr(dot)net writes:

> Our Lord's Son's command.."  

I have checked into the history of the Canadian anthem (see below), and the 
only words I see are:

"true patriot's love in all thy sons command..."

I attended school in Montreal in the 60's, and that's how I sang it....of 
course, the other part of that story, is that we had to sing hymns every 
morning 
in school, and I never did understand the part about onward soldiers, nor of 
standing on guard, for that matter!

> the version that gained the widest currency was made in 1908 by Robert 
> Stanley Weir, a lawyer and at the time Recorder of the City of Montréal. This 
> is 
> the version which was published in an official form for the Diamond Jubilee 
> of Confederation in 1927, and has since been generally accepted in English 
> speaking Canada.
> Weir version: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
    

-Karen Daniel