Ode to Newfoundland

" Ode to Newfoundland " ( Ode to Newfoundland) was 1904-1949, the anthem of Newfoundland and is since 1980 again as the official regional anthem of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The text of the anthem was written in 1902 by Governor Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle and of the living in St. John's German composer ER Krippner set to music. On 22 December 1902, the first performance at the Casino Theatre of St. John's was. As Sir Cavendish Boyle, however, wanted a more solemn melody, he commissioned the British composers Hubert Parry with a new scoring. On 20 May 1904, the song with the music created by Hubert Parry was officially declared the anthem of the former crown colony Newfoundland. As Newfoundland in 1907 as a British Dominion gained independence, it became the national anthem of the new state; It was also maintained when self-management was repealed in 1934.

After the union with Canada in 1949, the anthem was not initially be used, but in 1980 it was reintroduced as the official provincial anthem. Newfoundland and Labrador, making it the only province in Canada, which has an official anthem.

Original

And summer spreads her hand, When silvern voices tune thy rills, We love thee, smiling country.

We love thee, we love thee, We love thee, smiling country.

We love thee, we love thee We love thee, frozen country.

And wild waves lash thy beach, Thro ' spindrift swirl, and tempest roar, We love thee windswept country.

We love thee, we love thee We love thee windswept country.

Where once They Stood, we stand; Their prayer we raise to Heaven above, God guard thee, Newfoundland

God guard thee, God guard thee, God guard thee, Newfoundland.

German translation

And the summer stretches out his hands, And silver votes You furrows sounded, Do we love thee, smiling land.

We love you, we love you, We love thee, smiling land.

Under the strict command of winter, With short days and starry nights, Do we love thee, frozen land.

We love you, we love you, We love thee, frozen land.

And wild waves lash your beach, By rotating vortex and storm roar, Do we love thee, wind- fegtes country.

We love you, we love you, We love thee, wind- fegtes country.

Where once they stood, we stand; We send your prayer to the sky up there, God bless you, Newfoundland

God bless you, God bless you, God bless you, Newfoundland.

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