National Anthems

Little known fact…

A ".....little known fact" by whom?

Every Canadian certainly knows there is an official French-language version. And even Westerners with the most rudimentary knowledge of that language probably understand that the French words are not just a translation of the English. The original was written by French-Canadian Calixa Lavallée.

The translation is relatively benign. Check the English translation of all the verses of the Mexican anthem for some inflammatory chest-beating rhetoric.