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'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 sea,

: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.