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O Canada 
the title and opening words of one of Canada's national songs or anthems, composed in 1880 by Calixa Lavallée (1842-91), the original French words being by Hon. Sir Adolphe Routhier (1839-1920) and the most generally known English words being written in 1908 by the Hon. R. Stanley Weir (1856-1926).
- 1916 He swept himself off his own feet with the heroic strains of "O Canada."
- 1957 The frogs' spring song was a recognized national anthem long before "O Canada" was written.
- 1958 "O Canada" [was] originally a chant national of French-speaking Canadians, nowadays with accepted versions in both French and English. . . .
- 1916 He swept himself off his own feet with the heroic strains of "O Canada."