"Sarnia Chérie" () is used as the unofficial anthem of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. Sarnia is a traditional Latin name for the island. George Deighton wrote "Sarnia Cherie" in 1911, with Domenico Santangelo composing the tune later the same year.
The anthem can be heard on a number of occasions each year, such as every 9 May Liberation Day, Santangelo composed a romantic waltz for the lyrics the same year. and then an office complex and it was sung in the later years of the occupation and as British troops liberated the island on 9 May 1945, including by groups of Guernsey evacuees all over the UK, as far as Glasgow. which was compiled into a CD of the same name of Guernésiais folk songs with English translations.
Lyrics
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See also
- List of British anthems
References
External links
- Sarnia Cherie page with midi
- 'Updated' Island Games 2003 version by Jim Delbridge and Tim Bran (mp3)
- Sarnia Chérie (Guernsey anthem) - Sung on Liberation Day in 1945