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August 17, 1979
ODE TO NEWFOUNDLAND
On August 17, 1979, Royal Assent was given to legislation adopting the Ode to Newfoundland as the official provincial anthem of the province of Newfoundland. The words of "The Ode to Newfoundland" were written by His Excellency Sir Cavendish Boyle, K.C.M.G., who was Governor of Newfoundland from 1901 to 1904.
When sun rays crown thy pine clad hills,
And summer spreads her hand,
When silvern voices tune thy rills,
We love thee, smiling land.
Refrain
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, smiling land.
When spreads thy cloak of shimmering white
at winter's stern command
Through shortened days and
starlit nights we love thee frozen land
We love thee, we love thee, we love thee frozen land.
Refrain
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, frozen land.
When blinding storm gusts fret thy shores
and wild waves wash their strands,
Through spindrift swirls and tempest roars
we love thee windswept land,
We love thee, we love thee, we love thee
windswept land.
Refrain
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, windswept land.
As loved our fathers, so we love,
Where once they stood, we stand;
Their prayer we raise to Heaven above,
God guard thee, Newfoundland
Refrain
God guard thee, God guard thee,
God guard thee, Newfoundland
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