O my. O Canada. Canada’s sovereignty is under threat from the United States, whose North American expansionism desires are coming to the forefront under the Trump administration. Trump has repeatedly, and seriously, stated that he wants to make Canada the fifty-first state. He and his cabal are also eyeing Mexico, as well as Greenland and non-North American country Panama. Control the Panama Canal and you control a major component of shipping.
Canada and the United States have had a long, very friendly and mutually respectful relationship. Unfortunately for Canada, a change in this relationship was not totally unforeseeable, given past world history and the nature of humankind. Coveting something another person or country possesses has provoked invasiveness since the beginning of time, and Canada has much to covet.
In light of these developments, I have written brand new lyrics, with a sympathetic leaning toward Canada, for their national anthem, O Canada. The lyrics are written in conjunction with the melody of the anthem. Indeed, O Canada.
O Canada
Now the fifty-first state
This cannot be right
It must be a mistake
With saddened hearts we see thee fall
The true north no longer free
From far and wide O Canada
Subjugated from sea to sea
God why did you let us become Yankees
O Canada we’ve been unlawfully seized
O Canada we’ve been unlawfully seized
Copyright Glenn Hansen 2025
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