Song of Guyana's children - PERFORMANCE VIDEO

A solo guitar arrangement of a national song of Guyana composed by the Reverend Hayley-Bryant. It was first sung in public in 1931 on the 100th anniversary of the amalgamation of the counties of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice to form the colony of British Guiana. #guitar #guyana #nationalsong #sheetmusicfree #hubertgeorge LYRICS Born in the land of the mighty Roraima, Land of great rivers and far stretching sea; So like the mountain, the sea and the river Great, wide and deep in our lives would we be; Chorus: Onward, upward, may we ever go Day by day in strength and beauty grow, Till at length we each of us may show, What Guyana’s sons and daughters can be. Born in the land of Kaieteur’s shining splendour Land of the palm tree, the croton and fern, We would possess all the virtues and graces, We all the glory of goodness would learn. Born in the land where men sought El Dorado, Land of the Diamond and bright shining gold, We would build up by our faith, love and labour, God’s golden city which never grows old. Thus to the land which to us God has given May our young lives bring a gift rich and rare, Thus, as we grow, may the worth of Guyana Shine with a glory beyond all compare.