Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia
Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia (German: Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia ) is the national anthem of St. Lucia .
It was composed by Charles Jesse , the melody is by Leton Felix Thomas . The anthem was adopted with the beginning of the autonomy status in 1967 . With the country's independence on February 22, 1979 , it was declared the national anthem.
English text
- Sons and daughters of St. Lucia,
- love the land that gave us birth,
- land of beaches, hills and valleys,
- fairest island of all the earth.
- Wheresoever you may roam,
- love, oh, love your island home.
- Gone the times when nations battled
- for this' Helen of the West,
- gone the days when strife and discord
- Dimmed her children's toil and rest.
- Dawns at last a brighter day,
- Stretches out a glad new way.
- May the good Lord bless our island,
- guard her sons from woe and harm!
- May our people live united,
- strong in soul and strong in arm!
- Justice, Truth and Charity,
- our ideal for ever be!
See also
Web links
- Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia as a MIDI file ( Memento from April 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )