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You're a grand old flag, You're a high-flying flag, And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of the land I love, The home of the free and the brave. [N 5] Ev'ry heart beats true 'Neath the Red, White and Blue, [N 6] Where there's never a boast or brag. But should auld acquaintance be forgot, [N 7] Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
The song was composed in 1928 by René Jam Afame who also wrote the lyrics along with Samuel Minkio Bamba and Moïse Nyatte Nko'o, all while they were students at the École Normale of Foulassi . [1] It was used on an unofficial basis in French Cameroon beginning in 1948 before independence and officially adopted as the anthem of the territory ...
"O Canada" (French: Ô Canada) is the national anthem of Canada.The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the music, after which French-language words were written by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier.
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Dolly Parton has revealed the song she is “most proud” of – and it’s not “Jolene” or “9 to 5”.. The country music legend is preparing to release her latest album, Smoky Mountain ...
English translation of title Period Lyrics writer(s) Anthem composer(s) Audio Notes Republic of Artsakh "Azat u Ankakh Artsakh" [trans 54] "A Free and Independent Artsakh" 1994–2023 Vardan Hakobyan: Armen Nasibyan [30] [31] Austria "Volkshymne" "People's Hymn" 1854–1867 Johann Gabriel Seidl: Joseph Haydn [note 40] Austria-Hungary "Volkshymne"
It was officially adopted by the Grand National Assembly on 12 March 1921—two-and-a-half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the nation—both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War of Independence, and as an aspirational anthem for a Republic that was yet to be established.