Hymn Sint Maarten

O Sweet Saint Martin's Land

Terytorium	Sint Maarten
Tekst	Gerard Kemps, 1958
Muzyka	Gerard Kemps, 1958
O Sweet Saint Martin’s Land

O Sweet Saint Martin's Land – nieoficjalny hymn holenderskiego terytorium zależnego Sint Maarten, został napisany w 1958 roku, jego autorem oraz kompozytorem jest Gerard Kemps.

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I
Where over the world, say where,
You find an island there,
So lovely small with nations free
With people French and Dutch
Though talking English much,
As thee Saint Martin in the sea?

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O sweet Saint Martin's Land
So bright by beach and strand
With sailors on the sea and harbours free
Where the chains of mountains green
Variously[b] in sunlight sheen
𝄆 Oh I love thy Paradise,
Nature beauty fairly nice 𝄇

II
How pretty between all green
Flamboyants beaming gleam
Of flowers red by sunlight set
Thy cows and sheep and goats
In meadows or on roads
Thy donkeys keen I can't forget

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III
Thy useful birds in white
Their morn and evening flight
Like aircraft-wings in unity
Their coming down for food
Then turning back to roost
Bring home to me their harmony

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IV
Saint Martin I love thy name
In which Columbus' fame
And memories of old are closed
For me a great delight
Thy Southern Cross the night
May God the Lord protect thy coast!

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