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As anthem singers are wont to do at major sporting events, Rufus Wainwright put his own spin on the lyrics to O Canada before Game 5 of the World Series Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
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The 52-year-old Canadian-American musician and composer’s first tweak came in the second line when, instead of singing “True patriot love in all of us command”, he changed the last four words to “that only us command.”
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If that sounds familiar, it’s because Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk did the same when she performed Canada’s anthem at a 4 Nations Face-Off game in Boston in February. That performance was booed lustily by the largely U.S. crowd after the Star Spangled Banner received similar treatment ahead of tournament games played in Canada.
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A publicist for Kreviazuk told The Canadian Press the change was in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments toward Canada, which at the time were focused on annexing the sovereign nation to have it become the 51st state. Her Instagram story that night featured a selfie with the words “that only us command” written on her left hand.
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As Wainwright continued the bilingual version of the anthem Wednesday night at Dodgers Stadium — where the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated host L.A. 6-1 to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series — he also tweaked the French lyrics.
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Where the official lyrics are “Car ton bras sait porter l’épée (For your arm knows how to wield the sword),” it sounded as if Wainwright, who was raised in Montreal, omitted the “sait,” making it, “For your arm wield the sword.”
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In the next line, instead of “Ton histoire est une épopée/Des plus brillants exploits (Your history is an epic/of brilliant deeds)”, it sounds as if the three-time Grammy nominee changed the last three lines to “tes glorieux exploits (of your glorious deeds).”
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