Passing For Normal

Today in due South/C6D Big Bang chat I mentioned that I had a copy of "O Canada" in Inuktitut, and there were several requests for the MP3 and the words.

Once upon a time, I got it into my fannish head to collect as many recorded versions of "O Canada" as I could find. Some lovely people (who may wish to remain nameless, so I'm not naming them at this juncture, but they are entirely made of awesome) were incredibly helpful, and I ended up with a gloriously, ridiculously wonderful 58 recordings. With blithe and opinionated subjectivity, I sorted these into Winners (16), Runners Up (4), and Also Rans (you can do the math, should you care).

You can download or listen to "O Kanata" here at Box.com. If you want more of a good thing, you can download a zip file of the "Winners" here. If even that's not enough, the runners up are here. I'm sparing you the rest; you're not missing anything exciting, honest.

Official Lyrics of O Canada!

English

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Français:

Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Inuktitut:

O'Kanata nangmini Nunavut piqujatii
Nalattiaqpavut angiglivaliajuti sangijulutillu
nanqipugu
O'Kanata mianiripluti
O'Kanata nunatsia
nangiqpugu mianiripluti
O'Kanata salagijauquna
O'Kanata salagijauquna

I think there should be a singalong at the next Bitchin' Party. :-D