When the new U.S. ambassador to Canada turned out not to know much about the country - including the name of our
national anthem, CBC Sunday Night News commissioned a song to help educate him. Below is what Robert came up with.
O Canada for Dummies eh
We got a pretty little beaver on our nickelback
The dollars gotta picture of the queen
I'll be out front - we didn't back iraq
Prime minister's a guy named mr. poutine
Cause its o canada for dummies eh
We got wood for the u.s.a
A democratic government no need to invade
Our fair country
We got gay married couples smoking near legal pot
Catchin zeds but not catchin zees
We had a a brief thing with beef but now our cow's ain't got
A single new case of mad cow disease
It's yer o Canada for dummies son
The undefended border is a thousand miles long
Since the war of 1812 which by the way we won
In our fair country
We got no hockey
So we cannot be defeated
We got no cod
Because the fisheries depleted
We caught the seal who did it
But we're not allowed to beat it
Cause there's no death penalty
In our fair country
We got wmds - but their white male dudes
They tend to be the ones we elect
Then there's the Quebecois don't say pea soup
Cause that would be politically incorrect
In your o Canada for dummies eh
We're cool on the bushes but in centigrade
Beware our beer it'll blow you away
In our fair country
In your O Canada pour les dummies see
We used to have forests but we sold 'em for free
WE stand on guard for healthcare and the C.B.C.
In our fair country
O Canada our stolen native land
The Milton Acorn Memorial People's Poetry Award, 1989
Special Choice Award, Children's Book Centre, 1993
Socan Airplay Award, 1994
Chalmer's Award, Theatre for Young Audiences, 1998
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