O Arise, All You Sons
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"O Arise, All You Sons" is the national anthem of Papua New Guinea. The song was promoted to national anthem when Papua New Guinea became independent on 16 September 1975. The anthem was composed by a former Royal Marine and Australian soldier, Tom Shacklady.
[edit] Lyrics
- O arise all you sons of this land,
- Let us sing of our joy to be free,
- Praising God and rejoicing to be
- Papua New Guinea.
- Shout our name from the mountains to seas
- Papua New Guinea;
- Let us raise our voices and proclaim
- Papua New Guinea.
- Now give thanks to the good Lord above
- For His kindness, His wisdom and love
- For this land of our fathers so free,
- Papua New Guinea.
- Shout again for the whole world to hear
- Papua New Guinea;
- We're independent and we're free,
- Papua New Guinea.
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National anthems: Australia • Cook Islands • Federated States of Micronesia • Fiji • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • New Zealand (Also God Save the Queen) • Niue • Palau • Papua New Guinea • Samoa • Solomon Islands • Tonga • Tuvalu • Vanuatu
Regional anthems: American Samoa · French Polynesia · Guam · Hawaii · New Caledonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Wake Island · Wallis and Futuna·
