Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee
national anthem
"Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee" is the national anthem of Antigua and Barbuda. Novelle Hamilton Richards wrote the words. Walter Garnet Picart Chambers wrote the music. The country started using in on independence in 1981. God Save the Queen is still the Royal anthem.
Lyrics
change- Fair Antigua and Barbuda
- We, your sons and daughters stand
- Strong and firm in peace or danger
- To safeguard our Motherland
- 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's call
- To the service of thy country,
- Sparing nothing, giving all;
- Gird your loins and join the battle
- Against fear, hate, poverty,
- Each endeavouring, all achieving,
- Live in peace where man is free.
- God of nations, let our blessings
- Fall upon this land of ours;
- Rain and sunshine ever sending,
- Fill her fields with crops and flowers;
- We her children do implore them,
- Give us strength, faith, loyalty,
- Never failing, all enduring,
- To defend her liberty.
