..and the home of the brave. -Julius <<Judy Collins: her 'woe,' Canada Two hours before American singer Judy Collins was booed by a Toronto hockey audience for meddling with the lyrics of O Canada at a Maple Leafs-New Jersey Devils game last week, her biggest concern was what boots she would wear onto the ice. Collins, 61, worried that the red ones she brought might clash with the red carpet she would be standing on. But Collins, a hockey fan who was in Toronto promoting her two latest CDs, Live at Wolf Trap and All on a Wintry Night, was looking forward to performing before the game. And she told Maclean's she was planning on changing the lyrics to O Canada. "When I sing the American anthem, I change 'brotherhood' to 'brother- and sisterhood,' " said Collins, "so in the second verse of the Canadian anthem I will change 'sons' to 'sons and daughters.' " Besides making the song more gender sensitive, Collins replaced "glowing hearts" with "blazing hearts." Fans weren't amused. Collins explained later that she blacked out and forgot the words. While the folk legend has long been a favourite of Canadians for her renditions of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen songs, after her run-in with the surly hockey crowd, she can truly say she's seen this country from both sides now.>>
