Lets sing our pledge

[Brian Reynolds]

Jamaican National Pledge

Lets put our wonderful pledge to music, here is my idea for a chord structure, each number represents a chord sustained for 8 quite fast reggae beats.  (In the key of C, 0 is Cmajor, 5 is Fmajor and 7 is Gmajor.)  

I have a tune for this and I suspect we all could come up with one to match the words and chords and they would all harmonise, so I am interested to hear yours.  Chokie Taylor just recorded a version on Youtube using this arrangement and my melody with slightly different phrasing of last line to how I sing it, but it would harmonise OK.

Sing the Jamaican National Pledge
  
The chords, and melody are original as far as I know, and the words are Jamaica's of course.  

0 0 Before
0God and all man0kind, I pledge the
7love and loyalty of my 7heart, the
0wisdom and courage of my 0mind, the
7strength and vigour of my 7body in the
0service of my fellow citi0zens; I

5promise to stand up for 5Justice, Brotherhood and
0Peace, 0 to work
5diligently and cre5atively, to think
0generously and 0honestly, so that Ja-

7maica may, 7under God, increase in
0beauty, fellowship and pros0perity, and play her
7part in advancing the 7welfare of the whole human
0race. 0

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