If we are ranking the worst renditions of “O Canada” ever performed in the United States, what John deCausmeaker did on Thursday night in St. Paul doesn’t top the list.
That honour would comfortably fall to lounge singer Dennis Casey Park, who managed to warp Canada’s national anthem into a version of “O Christmas Tree” prior to a CFL game in Las Vegas in 1994.
In deCausmeaker’s case, he simply got the lyrics wrong and repeated the phrase “from far and wide” twice in the span of 10 seconds ahead of the Wild-Flames game at Xcel Energy Center.