I hear there was an unofficial PNG Anthem before 1975. Is that true?
There was a stand-in anthem sung from 1972-1975 until the official anthem was adopted - Don't know the author or the composer.
Papua New Guinea
Six hundred islands
Warm sandy beaches...
Long cooling highlands
Country of promise
Land of the future
Nations will learn from you
Repeat:
Country of promise
Land of the future
Nations will learn from you
Sail like a ship to harbour
Over the stormy sea
All of the nations calling
Waiting for you and me
Repeat:
Papua New Guinea
Six hundred islands
Warm sandy beaches
Long cooling highlands
Country of promise
Land of the future
Nations will learn from you
Repeat:
Country of promise
Land of the future
Nations will learn from you
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) played the song in the morning to open the radio broadcast for the day & played the song again to close the broadcast before midnight.
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