Beautiful Jersey Explained
Beautiful Jersey or Man Bieau P'tit Jèrri is a Jersey patriotic song, sung in Jèrriais and English. It was composed by an Englishman, Lindsay Lennox, who died in 1906.[1] [2] During the Occupation, islanders would sing the song to keep their spirits up. Today it is performed at Liberation Day and as Jersey's national anthem at some sporting events.[3]
Use
Every year, Beautiful Jersey is sung at the main Liberation Day service in Liberation Square. Sadie Le Sueur-Rennard, the late Connétable of St Saviour used to sing the song.
National anthem
It is considered by many as a suitable national anthem for Jersey,[4] and functioned as an unofficial anthem for Jersey prior to Island Home being declared the official Jersey anthem. Even still, it has been performed as the national anthem for Jersey in the 2015 Island Games for the opening and medal ceremonies.
In a 2015 poll by the Jersey Evening Post, over a third of islanders questioned wanted Beautiful Jersey to be recognised as the national anthem for Jersey, compared to under 20% for Island Home, the official anthem.
See also
Notes and References
- Johnson . Henry . 2016-02-27 . Anthem for Jersey: Music, Media and Politics in an Island Setting . MEDIANZ: Media Studies Journal of Aotearoa New Zealand . 15 . 1 . 10.11157/medianz-vol15iss1id132 . 2382-218X. free .
- Book: Johnson . Henry . Auclair . Elizabeth . Fairclough . Graham . Theory and Practice in Heritage and Sustainability: Between past and future . 22 April 2015 . Routledge . 978-1-317-67592-1 . 126 . https://books.google.com/books?id=LZ4GCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 . en . Voicing linguistic heritage on Jersey.
- Web site: BBC . Beautiful Jersey . 2022-05-29 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-gb.
- News: 2010-06-08 . Which anthem is right for Jersey? . en-GB . 2022-05-29.
- Web site: Man Bieau P'tit Jèrri with English . learnjerriais.org.je . L'Office du Jèrriais . 19 May 2024 . 30 April 2024 .
- Web site: Beautiful Jersey . jerseywartunnels.com . 19 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001082403/https://jerseywartunnels.com/history-stories/beautiful-jersey/ . 1 October 2023 . live.
