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The Royal Telephone
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Pitcairn Local Anthem (The Royal Telephone/We From Pitcairn Island”) for Voice & Piano

Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1207336 By Keith Terrett. By Frederick M. Lehman. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Historic,Multicultural,Patriotic,Praise & Worship,Traditional,World. Score (Chords/Lyrics). 3 pages. Keith Terrett #805498. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.1207336). The Pitcairn Islands are a remote British colony in the South Pacific, famous for being the site where the mutineers from the HMS Bounty landed. The islandsâ€™ population have always been very small (currently numbering around 50), yet, aside from the official anthem of God Save the King (which is not heard often on the islands), there have been, and continue to be, many unofficial anthems in use in the colony.In Diana Jolliffe Belcherâ€™s 1871 book â€œThe Mutineers of the Bounty and their Decendants in Pitcairn and Norfolk Islandâ€ it is reported that a local poem by Rev. G. H. Nobbs was set to the tune â€œRousseauâ€™s Dreamâ€ (sheet music) and was considered by Pitcairners to be their anthem at the time. It is not known for how long this was considered as their anthem, however. Also, in 1856, several Pitcairners resettled on Norfolk Island as Pitcairn had become too small. The local anthem now in use on Norfolk Island, Come Ye Blessed, is also referred to as the â€œPitcairn Anthemâ€, and more than likely was brought to the island by the Pitcairn settlers, suggesting that this anthem was in use on Pitcairn at that time, and is also heard on Pitcairn currently.Currently, the song â€œWe From Pitcairn Islandâ€ (to the tune of the hymn â€œThe Royal Telephoneâ€) is used as an unofficial anthem at gatherings and the like. The lyrics were written by Pitcairner Melva Evans with assistance from the local Seventh Day Adventist Pastor L. A. J. Webster in 1962 to be performed by the school children on board a visiting cruise ship, but the song became identified by residents as their unofficial anthem. Other songs, such as â€œThe Goodbye Songâ€ (written by Pitcairner Amelia Young), and the hymn â€œIn The Sweet By and Byâ€ are considered unofficial â€œPitcairn songsâ€ at gatherings as well. (â€œGoodbye songsâ€, sung to ships as they leave the country, are a tradition in many Polynesian islands, and are part of the patriotic music of those countries.).