<P> In September 1961 , the leading People 's National Party announced a competition to write the lyrics of Jamaica 's future national anthem , which would be judged by selected members of Jamaica 's Houses of Parliament . The competition received almost one hundred script entries and the competition closed on 31 March 1962 , after this ending date was decided on 17 March . The Houses of Parliament were given two options of anthems to vote for on 19 July 1962 , and a script was chosen with an overwhelming majority . The winning script was written by Rev. Hon . Hugh Sherlock , the music was composed by Hon . Robert Lightbourne , and the anthem was arranged by Mapletoft Poulle and Christine Alison Poulle . </P>
<P> In September 1961 , the leading People 's National Party announced a competition to write the lyrics of Jamaica 's future national anthem , which would be judged by selected members of Jamaica 's Houses of Parliament . The competition received almost one hundred script entries and the competition closed on 31 March 1962 , after this ending date was decided on 17 March . The Houses of Parliament were given two options of anthems to vote for on 19 July 1962 , and a script was chosen with an overwhelming majority . The winning script was written by Rev. Hon . Hugh Sherlock , the music was composed by Hon . Robert Lightbourne , and the anthem was arranged by Mapletoft Poulle and Christine Alison Poulle . </P>
who wrote the words of the jamaican national anthem
who wrote the words of the jamaican national anthem
Rev. Hon . Hugh Sherlock
Rev. Hon . Hugh Sherlock