Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains

Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains

National anthem of  Guyana
Lyrics	Archibald Leonard Luker
Music	Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter
Adopted	1966
Music sample
Dear Land (instrumental)

Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains is the national anthem of Guyana. Selected a month before independence in 1966, the lyrics were written by Archibald Leonard Luker and the music was composed by Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter.

Official lyrics

Dear land of Guyana, of rivers and plains

Made rich by the sunshine, and lush by the rains,

Set gem-like and fair, between mountains and seas,

Your children salute you, dear land of the free.

Green land of Guyana, our heroes of yore,

Both bondsmen and free, laid their bones on your shore.

This soil so they hallowed, and from them are we,

All sons of one Mother, Guyana the free.

Great land of Guyana, diverse though our strains,

We're born of their sacrifice, heirs of their pains,

And ours is the glory their eyes did not see,

One land of six peoples, united and free.

Dear land of Guyana, to you will we give,

Our homage, our service, each day that we live;

God guard you, great Mother, and make us to be

More worthy our heritage, land of the free.

External links

• Guyana: Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains - Audio of the national anthem of Guyana, with information and lyrics
• National anthem of Guyana MIDI File
• Vocal version