"Asturias, patria querida" - Anthem of Asturias (Spain) [Rare Orchestral Version]

Happy Asturias Day and congratulations for winning the Battle Royale!


“Asturias, patria querida” is the official anthem of the Principality of Asturias (Spain).

According to the folklorist Fernando de la Puente Hevia, the lyrics come from Ignacio Piñeiro, a Cuban musician who wrote the lyrics for a song to pay tribute to his Asturian father. On the other hand, the music would come from a melody of Silesian miners who worked in the mines of Asturias
at the beginning of the 20th century.
As the Asturian anthem, official since 1984, it is used in the solemn acts of the General Assembly and the Government of the Principality of Asturias, as well as the end of many cultural, musical, festive events, etc.

This version is made in honor of the centenary of the death of Eduardo Martínez Torner, an important composer of popular Asturian music.


Sources:
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Lyrics:
Asturias, patria querida,
Asturias de mis amores;
¡quién estuviera en Asturias
en todas las ocasiones!

Tengo que subir al árbol,
tengo que coger la flor,
y dársela a mi morena
que la ponga en el balcón.

Que la ponga en el balcón,
que la deje de poner,
tengo de subir al árbol
y la flor he de coger.