"This is my song" | |
Genre: | Hymn |
Text: | Lloyd Stone and Georgia Harkness |
Written: | 1934 |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10.11.10 |
Melody: | "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius |
"A Song of Peace: A Patriotic Song",[1] [2] also known by its incipit, "This is my song",[3] is a poem written by Lloyd Stone (1912–1993). Lloyd Stone's words were set to the Finlandia hymn melody composed by Jean Sibelius in an a cappella arrangement by Ira B. Wilson that was published by the Lorenz Publishing Company in 1934.
It often appears in hymnals with substituted and additional verses by Georgia Harkness (1891–1974).[3]
Joan Baez has performed Finlandia at her concerts, with lyrics credited to her[4] based on the text of This is my song by Lloyd Stone. She also featured Finlandia Hymn on her 2005 live album Bowery Songs and a live performance of the song by Baez also appeared on the album Mitä vapaus on, a compilation of protest songs by various artists, released by Amnesty. She performed the song in Michael Moore's Slacker Uprising, in which she incorrectly stated that it was a translation of the Finnish national anthem.