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"Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee" is the national anthem

National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

of Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...

. Written by Novelle Hamilton Richards and composed by Walter Garnet Picart Chambers, it was adopted upon independence in 1981. God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen

"God Save the Queen" is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms and British Crown Dependencies. The words of the song, like its title, are adapted to the gender of the current monarch, with "King" replacing "Queen", "he" replacing "she", and so forth, when a king reigns...

is still the Royal anthem.

Fair Antigua and Barbuda

We thy sons and daughters stand

Strong and firm in peace or danger,

To safeguard 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 call:

To the service of your 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 blessing

Fall upon this land 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.

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