What other languages have official lyrics for Oh Canada besides English?
“O Canada” is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Honourable Théodore Robitaille, for the 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. Calixa Lavallée wrote the music, which was a setting of a patriotic poem composed by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The text was originally only in French. An English translation of the lyric did not appear until 1906, and it was two more years before Robert Stanley Weir penned an English version, which is not a translation of the French. Weir’s words have been revised twice, taking their present form in 1980, but the French lyrics remain unaltered. “O Canada” was not officially Canada’s national anthem until 1980, when it was signed into law on July 1 as part of that year’s Dominion Day celebrations. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
“O Canada” is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Honourable Théodore Robitaille, for the 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. Calixa Lavallée wrote the music, which was a setting of a patriotic poem composed by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The text was originally only in French. An English translation of the lyric did not appear until 1906, and it was two more years before Robert Stanley Weir penned an English version, which is not a translation of the French. Weir’s words have been revised twice, taking their present form in 1980, but the French lyrics remain unaltered. “O Canada” was not officially Canada’s national anthem until 1980, when it was signed into law on July 1 as part of that year’s Dominion Day celebrations.
