Newfoundland
"Ode to Newfoundland"
Words by: Charles Cavendish Boyle
Music by: C. Hubert H. Parry
In use: 1904-1949 (as provincial song since 1980)
Written in 1902, the "Ode to Newfoundland" was first performed, but with a different musical accompaniment. Hubert Parry, a friend of Boyle (the author of the lyrics), composed two different pieces for the work. The current music was selected and it became the official anthem of the then-colony in 1904. Three years later, Newfoundland was granted the status of a self-governing dominion and the anthem was retained until 1949, when it joined Canada. However, in 1980, it was readopted as the official anthem of the province (now known as Newfoundland and Labrador).
See also: Canada.
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