Jersey
"Isle de Siez Nous" "Island Home"

Words by: Gerard Le Feuvre
Music by: Gerard Le Feuvre
In use to: 2008

In 2007, the Jersey government started a search for a new national anthem, where one of separate identity, such as at the Commonwealth Games, is required. Both songs created by the public and traditional Jersey songs were considered. At a public concert the following spring, Gerard Le Feuvre's "Island Home" was selected as the new anthem.

The anthem was apparently inspired by the sounds of Jersey wildlife (the opening three notes, if played two octaves lower, are apparently the lowing of a Jersey cow), Jersey poetry, and Jersey folk music, and was written independently of the contest, in 2002. Lyrics were written both in English and in Jèrriais, a version of the Norman language spoken on the island.

Special thanks to: Ben Cahoon for informing me of this anthem.

See also: Jersey (?-2008), United Kingdom.