Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia

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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!

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