GOLDEN ROCK SONG
WILHELMUS VAN NASSOUWE BEN IK, VAN DUITSEN BLOED, DEN VADERLAND GETROUWE BLIJF IK TOT IN DEN DOOD. EEN PRINSE VAN ORANJE BEN IK, VRIJ, ONVERVEERD, DEN KONING VAN HISPANJE HEB IK ALTIJD GEËERD. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM MIJN SCHILD ENDE BETROUWEN ZIJT GIJ, O GOD MIJN HEER, OP U ZO WIL IK BOUWEN, VERLAAT MIJ NIMMERMEER. DAT IK DOCH VROOM MAG BLIJVEN, UW DIENAAR T'ALLER STOND, DE TIRANNIE VERDRIJVEN DIE MIJ MIJN HART DOORWONDT.
BETWEEN THE DEEP BLUE OCEAN, AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA, WHERE THE WAVES ARE IN MOTION LIES A PEARL SO DEAR TO ME, FROM QUILL TO LITTLE MOUNTAIN FROM VENUS TO WHITE WALL, LONG AGO A GOLDEN FOUNTAIN ONCE A DIAMOND WATERFALL. GOLDEN ROCK, I’LL ALWAYS MISS YOU, WHEN I AM FAR FROM THEE, NEVER, NEVER I’LL FORGET YOU WHERE-SO-EVER I MAY BE. STATIA'S PAST, YOU ARE ADMIRED, THOUGH RODNEY FILLED HIS BAG, THE FIRST SALUTE WAS FIRED TO THE AMERICAN FLAG, THE FREEDOM OF A NATION, PROMOTED BY OUR FORT, AMERICAN AND STATIAN, BOTH PRAISE FOR IT OUR LORD. AMONG THE RUINED HOUSES, OF LOW AND UPPER TOWN, THERE A LOFTY FEELING ROUSES, WHICH NEVER CAN BREAK DOWN, ITS FAITHFULNESS FOREVER, AS EVER IT HAS BEEN, MAY GOD FORSAKE US NEVER, AND SAVE GOVERNOR AND QUEEN.
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