God bless Anguilla
Nurture and keep her
Noble and beauteous
She stands midst the sea
Oh land of the happy
A haven we'll make thee
Our lives and love
We give unto t
Chorus
With heart and soul
We'll build a nation
Proud, strong and free
We'll love her hold her
Dear to our hearts for eternity
Let truth and right
our banner be
We'll march ever on
Mighty we'll make
Long may she prosper
God grant her leaders
wisdom and grace
May glory and honour
Ever attend her
Firm shall she stand
Throughout every age
Words by: Alex
Richardson
Music by: Alex Richardson
Adopted: 1981
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Antigua and Barbuda anthem
Fair Antigua and Barbuda!
We thy sons and daughters stand
Strong and firm in
Peace or danger
To safe-guard our Native Land
We commit ourselves to building
A true nation brave and free;
Ever striving, ever seeking,
Dwell in love and unity
Raise the standard! Raise it boldly!
Answer now to duty's call
To the service of thy country,
Sparing nothing, giving all;
Gird your loins and join the battle
'Gainst fear, hate and poverty,
Each endeavouring, all achieving,
Live in peace where man is free.
God of nations, let Thy blessings
Fall upon this land of ours;
Rain and sunshine ever sending,
Fill her fields with crops and flowers;
We her children do implore Thee,
Give us strength, faith, loyalty,
Never failing, all enduring
To defend her liberty.
Words by: Novelle
Hamilton Richards
Music by: Walter Garnet Picart Chambers
Adopted: 1967
Upon achieving statehood in the commonwealth in 1967, Antigua
adopted this anthem, albeit with somewhat different lyrics. When
full independence was granted in 1981, Antigua, now linked with
Barbuda, adopted the current lyrics with the melody in use since
1967.
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Aruba anthem
Aruba patria aprecia
nos cuna venera
chikito y simpel bo por ta
pero si respeta.
Refrain:
O, Aruba, dushi tera
nos baranca tan stima
nos amor p?abo t?asina grandi
cu n?tin nada pa kibre (bis)
Bo playanan tan admira
cu palma tu dorna
bo escudo y bandera ta
orgullo di nos tur!
Refrain
Grandeza di bo pueblo ta
su gran cordialidad
cu Dios por guia y conserva
su amor pa libertad!
"Aruba Dushi Tera" (Aruba Precious Country)
Words by: Juan Chabaya 'Padu' Lampe
Music by: Rufo Inocencio Wever
Adopted: 1986
The local anthem of this Dutch colony, a waltz, has been adopted by
the local government for use as a territorial anthem.
Bahamas anthem
Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland;
March on to glory, your bright banners waving high.
See how the world marks the manner of your bearing!
Pledge to excel through love and unity.
Pressing onward, march together to a common loftier goal;
Steady sunward, though the weather hide the wide and treacherous
shoal.
Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland;
Till the road you've trod Lead unto your God, March on, Bahamaland
Words by: Timothy Gibson
Music by: Timothy Gibson
Adopted: 1973
"March On, Bahamaland!" was selected as the winning entry in a
national competition, and was adopted on independence July 10, 1973.
Barbados anthem
In plenty and in time of need
When this fair land was young
Our brave forefathers sowed the seed
From which our pride is sprung,
A pride that makes no wanton boast
Of what it has withstood
That binds our hearts from coast to coast -
The pride of nationhood.
Chorus:
We loyal sons and daughters all
Do hereby make it known
These fields and hills beyond recall
Are now our very own.
We write our names on history's page
With expectations great,
Strict guardians of our heritage,
Firm craftsmen of our fate.
The Lord has been the people's guide
For past three hundred years.
With him still on the people's side
We have no doubts or fears.
Upward and onward we shall go,
Inspired, exulting, free,
And greater will our nation grow
In strength and unity.
Words by: Irving Burgie
Music by: C. Van Roland Edwards
Adopted: 1966
The Barbados national anthem was adopted upon independence on
November 30, 1966. The lyrics were written by Mr. Irving Burgie, a
USC music scholar who also performed music under the name Lord
Burgess. When Mr. C. Van Roland Edwards composed the Music for the
National Anthem he was partly blind. Because of his partial
blindness he was assisted in his work by his two daughters Nannette
and Eullia.
Bonaire anthem
Tera di Solo y suave biento
Patria orguyoso Sali for?i lam?br>
Peublo humilde s?per contento
Di un kondukta tur pasti gabare
Pues lage nos trata tur dia
Pa s?per nos Bireinu ta menta
Pa nos canta den bon aromania:
Dushi Bonairu nos patria stima
Laga nos tur como Boneireano
Uni nos canto, alsa nos bos
Nos cu ta yiu di un pueblo sano
Semper contentu sperando den
Ningun poder por kita e afecto
Cu nos ta sinti pa e isla di nos
Make chikitu cu su defecto
Nos ta stimele aribu tur cos
Words by: Hubert Obdulio "Lio" Booi
Music by: J. B. A. Palm
Adopted: 1964
An island of the Netherlands Antilles, itself a colony of the
Netherlands, Bonaire, like every island in the Netherlands Antilles,
have its own local anthem, including Bonaire. From 1964-2000,
Bonaire's anthem served as the anthem for the entire Netherlands
Antilles (without the lyrics) until a new anthem was written.
Cayman Islands anthem
1. O land of soft, fresh breezes
And verdant trees so fair,
With the Creator's glory
Reflected ev'rywhere,
O sea of palest em'rald,
Merging to darkest blue,
Whene'er my thoughts fly Godward,
I always think of you.
Chorus:
Dear, verdant island, set in blue Caribbean Sea,
I'm coming, coming very soon, O beautious isle, to thee.
Although I wandered far,
My heart enshrines thee yet.
Homeland, fair Cayman Isle,
I cannot thee forget.
2. Away from noise of cities,
Their fret and carking care,
With moonbeams' soft caresses,
Unchecked by garish glare,
Thy fruit with rarest juices,
Abundant, rich and free,
When sweet church bells are chiming,
My fond heart yearns for thee.
Chorus
3. When tired of all excitement
And glam'rous worldly care,
How sweet thy shores to reach
And find a welcome there,
And when comes on the season
Of peace, goodwill to man,
'Tis then I love thee best of all,
Beloved Isle Cayman. Chorus
Cuba anthem
Al combate, corred, bayameses,
Que la Patria os contempla orgullosa;
No tem?s una muerte gloriosa,
Que morir por la Patria es vivir.
En cadenas vivir, es vivir
En afrenta y oprobio sumido;
Del clar? escuchad el sonido;
?A las armas, valientes, corred!
En cadenas vivir, es vivir
En afrenta y oprobio sumido;
Del clar? escuchad el sonido;
A las armas, valientes, corred!
"La Bayamesa" (The Bayamo Song)
Words by: Pedro Figueredo
Music by: Pedro Figueredo
Adopted: 1940
"La Bayamesa" (The Bayamo Song) was first performed in 1868 during
the battle of Bayamo, and the author of the song played a leading
part in the battle. Two years later, he was captured by the
Spaniards and executed by a firing squad. Officially adopted in 1940
(using only the first two verses out of the much longer,
anti-Spanish work), the anthem was retained even after the communist
revolution in 1959.
Curacao anthem
Lanta nos bos ban kanta
Grandesa di Korsou
Korsou isla chikitu
Baranka den laman
Korsou nos ta stimabo
Ariba tur nashon
Bo gloria nos ta kanta
Di henter nos kurason.
I ora nos ta leu foi kas
Nos tur ta rekorda
Korsou su solo i playanan
Orguyo di nos tur
Laga nos gloria kreador
Tur tempu i sin fin
K'e la hasi nos digno
Di ta yu di Korsou.
Dominica anthem
Isle of beauty, isle of splendor,
Isle to all so sweet and fair,
All must surely gaze in wonder
At thy gifts so rich and rare.
Rivers, valleys, hills and mountains,
All these gifts we do extol.
Healthy land, so like all fountains,
Giving cheer that warms the soul.
Dominica, God hath blest thee
With a clime benign and bright,
Pastures green and flowers of beauty
Filling all with pure delight,
And a people strong and healthy,
Full of godly, rev'rent fear.
May we ever seek to praise Thee
For these gifts so rich and rare.
Come ye forward, sons and daughters
Of this gem beyond compare.
Strive for honour, sons and daughters,
Do the right, be firm, be fair.
Toil with hearts and hands and voices.
We must prosper! Sound the call,
In which ev'ryone rejoices,
"All for Each and Each for All."
"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour"
Words by: Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond
Music by: Lemuel McPherson Christian
Adopted: 1967
Adopted unofficially upon achieving statehood in 1967, the national
song became the national anthem upon 1978 independence.
Quisqueyanos
valientes, alcemos
Nuestro canto con viva emoci?,
Y del mundo a la faz ostentemos
Nuestro invicto glorioso pend?.
?Salve el pueblo que in tr?ido y fuerte,
A la guerra a morir se lanz?br>
Cuando en b?ico reto de muerte
Sus cadenas de esclavo rompi?
Ningun pueblo ser
libre merece
Si es esclavo in dolente y servil;
Si en su pecho la llama no crece
Que templ?el heroismo viril.
Mas Quisqueya la ind?ita y brava
Siempre altiva la frente alzar?
Que si fuere mil veces esclava
Otras tantas ser libre sabr?
"Quisqueyanos valientes" (Valient Sons of
Quisqueye)
Words by: Emilio Prud'homme
Music by: Jos?Rey?
Adopted: 1900
Jos?Rey? was inspired to make this anthem after noticing a
published copy of the Argentine anthem. Rey? believed that his
country should also have an anthem, so he invited his friend Emilio
Prud'homme to write the lines while he composed the music. Soon
after Rey? managed to get his anthem published as well; it was
well-recieved by the public and soon grew in popularity. (The title
of the national anthem, "Quisqueyanos valientes" (Valient Sons of
Quisqueye), refers to the original native inhabitants' word for
Santo Domingo island.)
A motion in the National Congress was made in 1897 by deputy Rafael
Garcia Martinez to give the song official status, but the president
refused to sign the bill into law, possibly because of Prud'homme's
disagreement with President Heureaux's dictatorial government. It
wasn't until 1934, many years after Heureaux's death, that President
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina officially adopted the song as the
national anthem.
Grenada anthem
Hail!
Grenada, land of ours,
We pledge ourselves to thee,
Heads, hearts and hands in unity
To reach our destiny.
Ever conscious of God,
Being proud of our heritage,
May we with faith and courage
Aspire, build, advance
As one people, one family.
God bless our nation.
"Hail Grenada"
Words by: Irva Merle Baptiste
Music by: Louis Arnold Masanto
Adopted: 1974
"Hail Grenada" has been this Caribbean isle's anthem since
independence in 1974 Jamaica anthem
Eternal Father bless our land,
Guard us with Thy Mighty Hand,
Keep us free from evil powers,
Be our light through countless hours.
To our Leaders, Great Defender,
Grant true wisdom from above.
Justice, Truth be ours forever,
Jamaica, Land we love.
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love
Teach us true respect for all,
Stir response to duty?s call,
Strengthen us the weak to cherish,
Give us vision lest we perish.
Knowledge send us Heavenly Father,
Grant true wisdom from above.
Justice, Truth be ours forever,
Jamaica, Land we love.
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love.
"Jamaica, Land We Love"
Words by: Hugh Braham Sherlock
Music by: Robert Charles Lightbourne
Adopted: 1962
Jamaica's anthem was adopted upon independence in 1962. The music
and lyrics were created separately and then arranged by Mapletoft
Poulle and submitted to the National Anthem Committeewhere it was
selected in a competition for a national anthem. (The first word of
the second line is often sung as "Guide", although "Guard" remains
official.)
Haiti anthem
Pour le Pays,
Pour la Patrie,
Marchons unis,
Marchons unis.
Dans nos rangs point de tra?res!
Du sol soyons seuls ma?res.
Marchons unis,
Marchons unis
Pour le Pays,
Pour la patrie,
Marchons, marchons, marchons unis,
Pour le Pays,
Pour la Patrie.
Pour les A?ux, pour
la Patrie
B?hons joyeux, b?hons joyeux
Quand le champ fructifie
L'?e se fortifie
B?hons joyeux, b?hons joyeux
Pour les A?ux, pour la Patrie
B?hons, b?hons, b?hons joyeux
Pour les A?ux, pour la Patrie
Pour le Pays et pour nos P?es
Formons des Fils, formons des Fils
Libres, forts et prosp?es
Toujours nous serons fr?es
Formons des Fils, formons des Fils
Pour le Pays et pour nos P?es
Formons, formons, formons des Fils
Pour le Pays et pour nos P?/font>
Pour les A?ux, pour la Patrie
O Dieu des Preux, O Dieu des Preux!
Sous ta garde infinie
Prends nos droits, notre vie
O Dieu des Preux, O Dieu des Preux!
Pour les A?ux, pour la Patrie
O Dieu, O Dieu, O Dieu des Preux
Pour les A?ux, pour la PatriePour le Drapeau, pour la
Patrie
Mourir est beau, mourir est beau!
Notre pass?nous crie:
Ayez l'?e aguerrie!
Mourir est beau, mourir est beau
Pour le Drapeau, pour la Patrie
Mourir, mourir, mourir est beau
Pour le Drapeau, pour la Patrie
"
La Dessalinienne" (The
Dessalines Song)
Words by: Justin Lh?isson
Music by: Nicolas Geffrard
Adopted: 1904
The title of the national anthem honours the founder of Haiti,
Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The anthem was selected as a result of a
competition in 1903, the winning selection was adopted on the
occassion of Haiti's centennial, January 1, 1904.
