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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Anthem

Saint Vincent, Land So Beautiful

Written 1967
Adopted 1979
Lyrics Phyllis Joyce McClean Punnett
Music Joel Bertram Miguel
🌿 Nature ✝ God / Faith ❤ Love of homeland 🤝 Unity ☮ Peace | Hopeful

Key Facts

  • 1. The anthem devotes its third stanza to the Grenadines, its 'little sister islands': a chain of small islands and cays, most of them uninhabited, stretching between Saint Vincent and Grenada
  • 2. La Soufriere volcano on Saint Vincent has erupted explosively five times in recorded history: in 1718, 1812, 1902-03, 1979 and, most recently, April 2021
  • 3. By the mid-1840s Saint Vincent led all West Indian exporters of arrowroot starch, a crop that went on to play an important role in the island's economy for more than a century
  • 4. The second stanza addresses Saint Vincent as 'Hairoun', after Hairouna, the island's pre-Columbian name, meaning 'Land of the Blessed'
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent, Land So Beautiful

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Anthem Lyrics

Saint Vincent, Land so beautiful, With joyful hearts we pledge to thee Our loyalty and love and vow To keep you ever free. Whate'er the future brings, Our faith will see us through. May peace reign from shore to shore, And God bless and keep us true. Hairoun, Our fair and blessed Isle, Your mountains high, so clear and green, Are home to me, though I may stray, A haven, calm, serene. Whate'er the future brings, Our faith will see us through. May peace reign from shore to shore, And God bless and keep us true. Our little sister islands are Those gems, the lovely Grenadines, Upon their seas and golden sands The sunshine ever beams. Whate'er the future brings, Our faith will see us through. May peace reign from shore to shore, And God bless and keep us true.

Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals

Analysis

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Written by Phyllis Joyce McClean Punnett with music by Joel Bertram Miguel, the anthem was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom on October 27, 1979. The anthem celebrates the natural beauty of the islands and pledges loyalty and love to the nation.

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Sources & References

  1. Saint Vincent, Land So Beautiful . en.wikipedia.org

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