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"Forged from the Love of Liberty"
	National anthem of Trinidad and Tobago
Lyrics	Patrick Castagne, 19 August 1962
Music	Patrick Castagne, 19 August 1962
Adopted	31 August 1962
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"Forged from the Love of Liberty" is the national anthem of the Trinidad and Tobago. Originally composed as the national anthem for the short-lived West Indies Federation (1958–1962), this song was edited and adopted by Trinidad and Tobago when it became independent in 1962.^[1] It was written and composed by Patrick Castagne.^[2]^[3]

History

Patrick Castagne, a renowned West Indian songwriter, was employed at the Trinidad and Tobago Commission in London.^[1] One of his compositions, called "A Song for the Islands"^[2] or "A Song for Federation",^[1] was submitted to the West Indies Federation as a possible anthem.^[2] Castagne's "A Song for Federation" provided the musical inspiration that could have matched the foundation of a strong federation had it survived. The close resemblance between the national anthem of Trinidad and Tobago and "A Song for Federation" can be seen from the lyrics of the latter, as follows:^[1]

Forged from the love of unity
In the fires of hope and prayer
With boundless faith in our destiny
West Indians all declare:

Side by side we stand
With our hearts joined across the sea
This our native land
We pledge ourselves for thee.

𝄆 Here every creed and race find an equal place,
And may God bless our nation. 𝄇

When the Federation collapsed, he changed some of the lines and resubmitted the song to Trinidad and Tobago^[2] for the competition to choose its national anthem. In total, the competition received 834 word-only entries, 33 music-only entries and 306 entries with both words and music. Castagne's submission came out on top, and he won the prize of $5,000.00 in government bonds and a gold medal inscribed with the coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago.^[1]

Castagne's alteration of "A Song for Federation" was deemed to be most suitable for a twin-island state that consisted of "islands of the blue Caribbean Sea" standing "side by side" in promoting the values of "every creed and race" finding "an equal place" in the multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural society of Trinidad and Tobago as it existed in 1962.^[1] It was considered to have reflected the nature and the strength of the people of Trinidad and Tobago and their courage as one nation working towards living in unity despite the existing diversity.^[2] According to the editorial in the Sunday Guardian of 19 August 1962:

In its solemn declaration of brotherhood and unity, it very neatly includes Tobago with Trinidad without mentioning the name of either ("Side by side we stand, islands of the blue Caribbean Sea"); and as an added impulse to unity it goes on to describe them together as "our native land," ending with the petition, "And may God bless our nation."^[1]

Lyrics

Forged from the love of liberty
In the fires of hope and prayer
With boundless faith in our destiny
We solemnly declare:

Side by side we stand
Islands of the blue Caribbean sea,
This our native land
We pledge our lives to thee.

𝄆 Here every creed and race find an equal place,
And may God bless our nation. 𝄇^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Understanding our national anthem, FIRST Magazine, 2012, archived from the original on 28 September 2013
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f NALIS: National Symbols of Trinidad and Tobago – The National Anthem, National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, 2016, archived from the original on 29 June 2015
^ ^a ^b "National Songs". Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

External links

YouTube links

Forged from the Love of Liberty (without vocals)
Forged from the Love of Liberty (with vocals – Male)
Forged from the Love of Liberty (with vocals – Female)

[Hamid_Ghany:_Understanding_Our_National_Anthem-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Understanding our national anthem, FIRST Magazine, 2012, archived from the original on 28 September 2013

[NALIS-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f NALIS: National Symbols of Trinidad and Tobago – The National Anthem, National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, 2016, archived from the original on 29 June 2015

[Embassy-3] "National Songs". Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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-"'''Forged from the Love of Liberty'''" is the [[national anthem]] of the [[Trinidad and Tobago|Republic of Trinidad and Tobago]]. Originally composed as the national anthem for the short-lived [[West Indies Federation]] (1958–1962), this song was edited and adopted by [[Trinidad and Tobago]] when it became independent in 1962.<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem">{{Citation | title = Understanding our national anthem | publisher = FIRST Magazine | year = 2012 | url = http://www.firstmagazine.com/DownloadSpecialistPublicationDetail.647.ashx | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928035953/http://www.firstmagazine.com/DownloadSpecialistPublicationDetail.647.ashx | archivedate = 28 September 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
+"'''Forged from the Love of Liberty'''" is the [[national anthem]] of the [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. Originally composed as the national anthem for the short-lived [[West Indies Federation]] (1958–1962), this song was edited and adopted by Trinidad and Tobago when it became independent in 1962.<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem">{{Citation | title = Understanding our national anthem | publisher = FIRST Magazine | year = 2012 | url = http://www.firstmagazine.com/DownloadSpecialistPublicationDetail.647.ashx | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928035953/http://www.firstmagazine.com/DownloadSpecialistPublicationDetail.647.ashx | archive-date = 28 September 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> It was written and composed by [[Patrick Castagne]].<ref name="NALIS">{{Citation | title = NALIS: National Symbols of Trinidad and Tobago – The National Anthem | publisher = National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago | year = 2016 | url = http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/NationalSymbols/tabid/215/Default.aspx?PageContentID=284 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150629081805/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/NationalSymbols/tabid/215/Default.aspx?PageContentID=284 | archive-date = 29 June 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Embassy">{{cite web | url = http://www.ttembassy.org/?page=national-songs | publisher = Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | title = National Songs | access-date = 17 June 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928191138/http://www.ttembassy.org/?page=national-songs | archive-date = 28 September 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
+== History ==
-Patrick S. Castagne composed the words and music of the National Anthem in 1962.<ref name="NALIS">{{Citation | title = NALIS: National Symbols of Trinidad and Tobago – The National Anthem | publisher = National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago | year = 2016 | url = http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/NationalSymbols/tabid/215/Default.aspx?PageContentID=284 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150629081805/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/NationalSymbols/tabid/215/Default.aspx?PageContentID=284 | archivedate = 29 June 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>  Mr Castagne, a renowned West Indian songwriter, was employed at the Trinidad and Tobago Commission in London.<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem"/> One of his compositions, called "A Song for the Islands"<ref name="NALIS"/> or ''A Song for Federation'',<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem"/> was submitted to the West Indies Federation as a possible anthem.<ref name="NALIS"/>
+Patrick Castagne, a renowned West Indian songwriter, was employed at the Trinidad and Tobago Commission in London.<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem" /> One of his compositions, called "A Song for the Islands"<ref name="NALIS" /> or "A Song for Federation",<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem" /> was submitted to the West Indies Federation as a possible anthem.<ref name="NALIS" /> Castagne's "A Song for Federation" provided the musical inspiration that could have matched the foundation of a strong federation had it survived. The close resemblance between the national anthem of Trinidad and Tobago and "A Song for Federation" can be seen from the lyrics of the latter, as follows:<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem" />
+<blockquote><poem>Forged from the love of unity
-When the Federation collapsed, he changed some of the lines and resubmitted the song to Trinidad and Tobago<ref name="NALIS"/> for the competition to choose the National Anthem. In total, the competition received 834 word only entries, 33 music only entries and 306 word and music entries. Mr. Castagne's submission came out on top and he won the prize of $5,000.00 in Government Bonds and a gold medal inscribed with the Coat of Arms of Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem"/>
+In the fires of hope and prayer
+With boundless faith in our destiny
+West Indians all declare:
+Side by side we stand
-Castagne's alteration of A Song for Federation was deemed to be most suitable for a twin-island state that consisted of "islands of the blue Caribbean Sea" standing "side by side" in promoting the values of "every creed and race" finding "an equal place" in the multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural society of Trinidad and Tobago as it existed in 1962.<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem"/> It was considered to have reflected the nature and the strength of the people of Trinidad and Tobago and their courage as one nation working towards living in unity despite the existing diversity.<ref name="NALIS"/>  According to an excerpt from the editorial in the Sunday Guardian of 19 August 1962: "In its solemn declaration of brotherhood and unity, it very neatly includes Tobago with Trinidad without mentioning the name of either ("Side by side we stand, islands of the blue Caribbean Sea"); and as an added impulse to unity it goes on to describe them together as "our native land," ending with the petition, "And may God bless our nation."<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem"/>
+With our hearts joined across the sea
+This our native land
+We pledge ourselves for thee.
+𝄆 Here every creed and race find an equal place,
-==Lyrics==
+And may God bless our nation. 𝄇</poem></blockquote>
-Words and music by [[Patrick Castagne]] (1916–2000).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ttembassy.org/?page=national-songs | publisher = Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | title = National Songs | accessdate = 17 June 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928191138/http://www.ttembassy.org/?page=national-songs | archivedate = 28 September 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
-:Forged from the love of liberty
-:In the fires of hope and prayers
-:With boundless faith in our destiny
-:We solemnly declare:
+When the Federation collapsed, he changed some of the lines and resubmitted the song to Trinidad and Tobago<ref name="NALIS" /> for the competition to choose its national anthem. In total, the competition received 834 word-only entries, 33 music-only entries and 306 entries with both words and music. Castagne's submission came out on top, and he won the prize of $5,000.00 in [[government bond]]s and a gold medal inscribed with the [[coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem" />
-:Side by side we stand
-:Islands of the blue Caribbean sea,
-:This our native land
-:We pledge our lives to thee.
+Castagne's alteration of "A Song for Federation" was deemed to be most suitable for a twin-island state that consisted of "islands of the blue Caribbean Sea" standing "side by side" in promoting the values of "every creed and race" finding "an equal place" in the [[Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago#Ethnic groups|multi-racial]], [[Religion in Trinidad and Tobago|multi-religious]] and [[Culture of Trinidad and Tobago|multi-cultural]] society of Trinidad and Tobago as it existed in 1962.<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem" /> It was considered to have reflected the nature and the strength of the people of Trinidad and Tobago and their courage as one nation working towards living in unity despite the existing diversity.<ref name="NALIS" /> According to the editorial in the ''Sunday Guardian'' of 19 August 1962:
-:Here every creed and race find an equal place,
+{{quote|In its solemn declaration of brotherhood and unity, it very neatly includes Tobago with Trinidad without mentioning the name of either ("Side by side we stand, islands of the blue Caribbean Sea"); and as an added impulse to unity it goes on to describe them together as "our native land," ending with the petition, "And may God bless our nation."<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem"/>}}
-:And may God bless our nation
-:Here every creed and race find an equal place,
-:And may God bless our nation.
-==Lyrics for ''A Song for Federation''==
+==Lyrics==
+{| style="margin-left: 1em;"
-Castagne's A Song For Federation provided the musical inspiration that could have matched the foundation of a strong federation had it survived. The close resemblance between the National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago and A Song For Federation can seen from the lyrics of the latter as follows:<ref name="Hamid Ghany: Understanding Our National Anthem"/>
+|<poem>Forged from the love of liberty
-: Forged from the love of unity
+In the fires of hope and prayer
+With boundless faith in our destiny
-: In the fires of hope and prayer
+We solemnly declare:
-: With boundless faith in our destiny
-: West Indians all declare:
-: Side by side we stand
+Side by side we stand
+Islands of the blue Caribbean sea,
-: With our hearts joined across the sea
-: This our native land
+This our native land
-: We pledge ourselves for thee.
+We pledge our lives to thee.
-: Here every creed and race find an equal place,
+𝄆 Here every creed and race find an equal place,
-: And may God bless our nation
+And may God bless our nation. 𝄇<ref name="NALIS" /><ref name="Embassy" /></poem>
+|}
-: Here every creed and race find an equal place,
-: And may God bless our nation.
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAy7Nzwjwfw Forged from the Love of Liberty] (Without vocals)
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBywPf6oyFQ Forged from the Love of Liberty] (With vocals - Male)
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzSR4D8utk Forged from the Love of Liberty] (With vocals - Female)
+'''YouTube links'''
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAy7Nzwjwfw Forged from the Love of Liberty] (without vocals)
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBywPf6oyFQ Forged from the Love of Liberty] (with vocals – Male)
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbzSR4D8utk Forged from the Love of Liberty] (with vocals – Female)
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