Federated States of Micronesia - National Anthem

This is the National Anthem for the Federated States of Micronesia.(Originally known as "Preamble")
In use: 1979-1991

Preamble was the first national anthem of the Federated States of Micronesia. It was adopted in 1979 and replaced in 1991 by Patriots of Micronesia.

The title refers to the preamble of Micronesia's freshly ratified constitution, from which the lyrics are largely derived.


Shortly after World War II what is now Micronesia was part of a United States trusteeship awarded by the United Nations from former Japanese adminstration. In 1979, four districts of the trusteeship ratified a new constitution, forming Micronesia. The words for the anthem of the new territory (which became fully independent in 1986) were taken from the preamble of the constitution, hense the title.



LYRICS:

We people of Micronesia
Exercise sov'reignty.
Establish our Constitution
Of Federated States.
Affirm our common wish to live
In peace and harmony.
To preserve heritage of past
And promise of future.

CHORUS:
Make one nation Of many isles,
Diversity Of our cultures.
Our diff'rences Will enrich us,
Waters bring us All together.
They don't sep'rate.
They sustain us.
Our Islands Our nation
Get larger And make us stronger
And make us much stronger.

Our Ancestors made their homes here,
Displaced no other man,
We who remain wish unity,
Been ruled we seek freedom,
Our days began when men explored
Seas in rafts and canoes.
Our nation born when men voyaged
The seas via the stars.

CHORUS

The world itself is an island
We seen from all nations.
Peace, friendship, co-operation,
love and humanity.
With this Constitution,
we now become proud guardian
Of our beautiful islands.

CHORUS

Patriots of Micronesia, also known as Across all Micronesia, is the national anthem of the Federated States of Micronesia. It was adopted in 1991, replacing "Preamble", the anthem in use since independence in 1979.