| 从一首民歌看加拿大人的自我概念 加拿大官方国歌是 O Canada。（O 和 Canada 两字中间无标点符号，写 成O Canada 是为了方便英法双语相同。）加拿大人对 O Canada 有很深 的感情。作为第一代移民我每听到 O Canada 都很感动。
很多移民可能不知道加拿大还有一首非官方国歌。这首歌叫 Something to Sing About，也叫 This Land of Ours。这是一首加拿大人很喜爱的民歌， 令人振奋的音乐和歌词抒发加拿大人对广阔的土壤和美丽的大自然的热爱。 从这首歌我们会看到，加拿大人的自我概念不是以民族主义，宗教信仰或人 种和肤色为主。从一开始，加国人的自我定义就取自地理和多样性的季节， 很大程度未被破坏的大自然，和令人惊叹的天然美景：美丽的海岸线，雄伟 的浪涛，广阔的土壤，金黄色的麦田，漫无边际的大草原，茂密繁盛的大森 林，美妙绝伦的湖光山色，光彩夺目的雪峰景色。。。    (1)-(2)西北地区纳汉尼(Nahanni)国家公园 (3)洛矶山
Something to sing about 是著名民歌手Oscar Brand 1963 年的创作，后来曾 有运动要把这首歌取代 O Canada 作为国歌，虽然这运动失败，这首歌 1967 年被借用为蒙特利尔世博加拿大展馆和 CBC 电视节目的主题曲。从那个时 候起，Something to sing about 成了“加拿大日歌”(Canada Day Songs) 之一。
O Canada 严肃庄重，而 Something to sing about 轻快、兴奋、鼓舞，两首 歌异曲同工，感动的音乐和美丽的歌词，同样会激起强烈的加拿大情怀。
144 岁的加拿大仍旧是年轻、朝气蓬勃、充满自信的国家。加拿大人热爱国 家，他们爱的不仅是加拿大“国”：一个代表自由、平等和宽容的抽象政治 概念，加拿大人热爱的也是所有加拿大人的“家”：一个他们珍惜的由地理， 环境和大自然融合起来的物理实体。加拿大的国际形象有口皆碑，作为加拿 大人民自我定义的颂歌，没有什么比 "Something to sing about" 更贴切。
Something to Sing About Yes, there's something to sing about, tune up a string about Call out in chorus or quietly hum Of a land that's still young with a ballad that's still unsung Telling the promise of great things to come From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland 'Cross the Prairies, the lakes to Ontario's towers From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, up to the Maritimes Something to sing about, this land of ours I have walked across the sand near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Lazed on the ridge of the Miramichi Seen the waves tear and roar on the stone coast of Labrador Watched them roll back to the Great Northern Sea From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland 'Cross the Prairies, the lakes to Ontario's towers From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, up to the Maritimes Something to sing about, this land of ours
I have wandered my way to the wild wood of Hudson Bay Treated my toes to Quebec's morning dew Where the sweet morning breeze touched the leaves of the maple trees Singing this song that I'm sharing with you
I have welcomed the dawn from the fields of Saskatchewan Followed the sun to the Vancouver shore Watched it climb shiny new up the snow peaks of Cariboo Up to the clouds where the wild Rockies soar From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta highland 'Cross the prairie, the lakes to Ontario's towers From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes out to the Maritimes Something to sing about, this land of ours Yes there's something to sing about Something to sing about Something to sing about, this land of ours
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（今年是加拿大建国 144 周年。视频中的一帧显示 “Happy Canada Day 142nd ” ，是因为这 Video 是两年前贴的。）
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