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{{short description|French-Canadian patriotic song}}
{{about-distinguish-text|a French-Canadian patriotic song|the official national anthem, [[O Canada]]}}
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The lyrics to "'''{{lang|fr|Ô Canada! mon pays, mes amours}}'''", meaning "O Canada! my country, my love" is a [[French-Canadian]] patriotic song. It was written by [[George-Étienne Cartier]] and first sung in 1834, during a patriotic banquet of the [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society]] held in Montreal. The words were first published in the June 29, 1835 edition of {{lang|fr|La Minerve}}. It was later published in {{lang|fr|Le Chansonnier des collèges}} (Quebec 1850), this time with music, but with only four of the original six verses. It was reproduced in {{lang|fr|Le Passe-Temps}} on June 21, 1913. The song was recorded on 78&nbsp;rpm discs by both Victor Occellier and Joseph Saucier around the turn of the century and in 1925 or 1926 by [[Rodolphe Plamondon]]<ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/o-canada-mon-pays-mes-amours-emc/ "Ô Canada! mon pays! mes amours!"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''</ref> [[Roger Doucet]] included it in his LP {{lang|fr|Chants glorieux}} (Songs of Glory) in 1976.

The music currently used was composed by [[Jean-Baptiste Labelle]].  It is uncertain when the lyrics and music were put together, probably by [[Ernest Gagnon]] sometime between 1850 and 1868.

==Excerpt==
<poem>{{lang|fr|i=unset|Comme le dit un vieil adage&nbsp;:
Rien n'est si beau que son pays;
Et de le chanter, c'est l'usage;
Le mien je chante à mes amis
L'étranger voit avec un œil d'envie
Du Saint-Laurent le majestueux cours;
À son aspect le Canadien s'écrie&nbsp;:
Ô Canada! mon pays! mes amours!}}
</poem>

==English translation==
<poem>As the old proverb says:
Nothing is more beautiful than one's country;
And to sing it is the tradition;
And mine I sing to my friends
The stranger looks with an envious eye
Of the St. Lawrence the majestic course;
At its aspect the Canadian sings:
O Canada! my country! my love!
</poem>

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada|Music}}
*[[Canadian patriotic music]]
*[[Music of Quebec]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/6466.mp3 Sound recording] from [[Library and Archives Canada]]

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