Talk:O sweet Saint-Martin's Land
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[edit] Bi-national anthem
Thanks for this page! I hope you don't mind my taking the liberty of making the entry a bit more encyclopediac by editing the text slightly. (Feel free to discuss here or on my talk page any changes I made).
I am wondering, though, it is mentioned that the song is a bi-national song, that is, serving as the anthem of both the Dutch and French sides of St-Martin. While it seems obvious that it is used on the Dutch side (I get the impression that Fr. Kemps is Dutch, as he was knighted by the Dutch queen), is it proven that this song is also used on the French side as well? It is very rare for French overseas territories to adopt a local anthem of anything other than La Marseillaise (the only exception I know of is French Polynesia, which uses a local song that does not have a Wikipedia article about it yet - but then French Polynesia has a high degree of autonomy, it's also the only French overseas territory that has a local flag to the best of my knowledge as well ... ). --Canuckguy 20:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
