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"Yutang Tabonon" ("Beloved Land") is a Catholic hymn in the Cebuano language, praying for protection of the Filipino people. [citation needed] The music is Charles Gounod's Marche Pontificale (1869); which is also the music of the Pontifical Anthem, the official anthem of the Pope and of the Holy See. The lyrics were written by Monsignor Rudy ...
Un Canadien errant" ("A Wandering Canadian") is a song written in 1842 by Antoine Gérin-Lajoie after the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–38. Some of the rebels were condemned to death , others forced into exile to the United States [ n 1 ] [ 1 ] and as far as Australia.
"The Land Where the Good Songs Go" - lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse - from the musical show Miss 1917 [32] "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1940) - lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - winner of the 1941 Academy Award for Best Original Song [33] "Leave it to Jane" - lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse - from the 1917 musical of the same name [34]
It is claimed that the song was considered as a replacement of "Dąbrowski's Mazurka" ("Poland Is Not Yet Lost") as the national anthem of the Polish People's Republic. [ 5 ] Reminiscent of this and other songs of the Socialist past, Janusz Józefowicz directed the musical play Beloved Country... or Polish People's Republic in Songs ( pl ...
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
The Skye Boat Song" (Roud 3772) is a late 19th-century Scottish song adaptation of a Gaelic song composed c.1782 by William Ross, entitled Cuachag nan Craobh ("Cuckoo of the Tree"). [1] In the original song, the composer laments to a cuckoo that his unrequited love , Lady Marion Ross, is rejecting him.
Land of sun and gentle breeze, Proud fatherland risen from the sea Humble people, always happy, Whose spirit is admired by all So let us try each day, For our Bonaire to always be mentioned And we sing in good harmony Sweet Bonaire, our beloved land II Let all of us as Bonairians, Unite in song; raise our voices together We, the children of a ...
The national anthem of the Federated States of Micronesia, "Patriots of Micronesia", uses the same tune, [2] as does the Estonian song "Mu Isamaa armas" ("My beloved native land" by Martin Körber) which used to be Estonia's official flag song until 2009 when it was replaced by Gustav Ernesaks's "Mu Isamaa on minu arm" ("My homeland is my love").