Although it is harder to sing, I'd take Star Spangled Banner as a song over Oh, Canada any day. The second verse of Oh, Canada is better than the first, but no-one ever sings the full version. The only man who could sing Oh Canada with any passion was the guy who used to sing the anthems at the Habs games, and even then it sounded better only because it was in French.

As a tune, I've always prefered The Maple Leaf Forever.It has a nice optimistic air to it, rather than plodding like Oh, Canada. However the present lyrics are very old-style imperialist, what with dauntless Wolfe sticking it to the French and planting firm Brittania's flag and all that, although I suppose he did just that. I remember one time Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau visited Washington DC and the marine band unwittingly serenaded him with it. He must have been fuming.