Ms. Sandwalk has a thing about singing our national anthem, O, Canada. Not only does she think that every Canadian should sing along whenever it's played but they should do so in TWO languages!It's really not that difficult. The words and the music are widely available on the internet and everyone sings from the same page.
Not so true in the USA as we see below. Christina Aguilera is singing just one of the hundreds of versions that are popular. You'd have to know in advance what version she was going to use if you want to sing along. Ms. Sandwalk is not happy.
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's lastgleamingreaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
Oh so proudly we washed at the twilight's last reaming
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night thatoura flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home ofthenuh brave?
[Hat Tip: Greg Laden's Blog: Sing along with Christina Aguilera]
