Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee

"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

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.