Classic Songs

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Robert Service With A Smile

January 16, 2012, By Gary Cristall
TheCremationOfSamMcGee

Gary Cristall explores the history behind the classic song, “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” and finds that it’s part fact and part fiction!

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Ring in 2012 with “Auld Lang Syne”

December 31, 2011, By James Marsh
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What do the words of “Auld Lang Syne” mean, and how did a Canadian bandleader become so inseparable from them?

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The Huron Carol: A Dangerous Fraud

December 5, 2011, By Gary Cristall
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Credited as the first Canadian Christmas carol, the Huron Carol has touched as many hearts as it has inflamed. Gary Cristall exposes its troublesome history.

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The Origins of “O Canada”

July 1, 2011, By James Marsh
The Amabile Youth Singers Choir

“Throwing back his head he played for us, for the first time, the masterpiece of his genius – it was Calixa Lavallée; he played O Canada.”

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