Provincial Anthem Act
S.N.L. 1990, c. P-28
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CHAPTER P-28
PROVINCIAL ANTHEM ACT
Amended:
CHAPTER P-28
AN ACT RESPECTING AN ANTHEM FOR THE PROVINCE
Analysis
Short title
Words
Music
Words and music
Schedule
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Provincial Anthem Act
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Words
The words for the anthem of the province are the words commonly used with the Ode to
Newfoundland
, written by Sir Cavendish Boyle, Governor of Newfoundland from 1901 to 1904.
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Music
The music for the anthem of the province is the music that is commonly used with the Ode to
Newfoundland
. This music was composed by Sir C. Hubert H. Parry and approved and officially recognized for the Ode to
Newfoundland
by Minute of the Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council of Newfoundland on
May 20, 1904
, that directed that the music be printed and copyrighted.
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Words and music
The words and music as set out in the
Schedule to this Act are designated as the provincial anthem.
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Schedule
When sun rays crown thy pine-clad hills
And Summer spreads her hand,
When silvern voices tune thy rills,
We love thee, smiling land.
Refrain
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, smiling land.
When spreads thy cloak of shimmering white
At Winter's stern command,
Through shortened day and starlight night,
We love thee, frozen land.
Refrain
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, frozen land.
When blinding storm gusts fret thy shore,
And wild waves lash thy strand;
Though spindrift swirl and tempest roar
We love thee, wind-swept land.
Refrain
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee wind-swept land.
As loved our fathers, so we love,
Where once they stood we stand;
Their prayer we raise to Heaven above,
God guard thee,
Newfoundland
Refrain
God guard thee, God guard thee,
God guard thee,
Newfoundland.
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