"Onamo, 'namo!" (
Serbian Cyrillic: Онамо, 'намо!; en, There, o'er there!) also known as the ''Serb
Marseillaise'' (Српска марсељеза / Srpska marseljeza) was a popular
anthem
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in
Montenegro in the late 19th to early 20th century.
[ Glas Crnogorca, October 19, 1999: ]Jovan Markuš
Jovan Markuš ( sr-cyr, Јован Маркуш; 20 January 1949) is a Montenegrin politician, journalist, publicist, historian and heraldist. He is the former mayor of Cetinje, Montenegro's Old Capital.
Biography
Jovan Markuš graduated from t ...
Двије црногорске химне
/ref> The royal state anthem of Montenegro at the time was To Our Beautiful Montenegro, while the education anthem was the ''Hymn to Saint Sava''.
The music was composed by Davorin Jenko[ or Franjo Vimer,][Savo Andrić: Ослобођење, независност и уједињење Србије и Црне Горе, Химне Србије и Црне Горе, Belgrade 1999]
pg. 247
/ref> partly drawing upon a song of Garibaldi's fighters,[ ''Si scopron le tombe, Si levano i morti'',][ with words written by prince Nicholas I of Montenegro.][ Having words that were considered too inflammatory, evoking provocation of the Ottoman Empire, it could not be used as the official state anthem.][
In 1992 the government of Montenegro considered using it as the official anthem, but decided against it. In 2003 it was nominated to be the official anthem of ]Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
. There are some who believe that it should become the anthem of Montenegro in the future.[ Kurir, August 6, 2004: D. Vraneš]
Sramota!
(an interview with the president of Serb People's Party Andrija Mandić
Andrija Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Мандић; born 19 January 1965) is a Montenegrin Serb politician. He is the President of the major ethnic Serb political party in Montenegro, the New Serb Democracy (NSD / NOVA). He was the h ...
) A variation of the song was created by the Bosnian Serbs
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...
in the beginning of the 20th century known as "Here, o'er Here!" (''Ovamo, 'vamo!''; Овамо, 'вамо!) dedicated to calling Montenegro and Serbia to free Bosnia and Herzegovina from Ottoman and Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
dominance. ''Onamo, 'namo!'' was the anthem of the Montenegrin People's Party.
Lyrics
Footnotes
* * This verse is used as a refrain
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after every verse when performed.
* † These verses are considered antiquated and are often left out in contemporary renditions of the song.
Sources
Serb Land of Montenegro
(initial translation by Aleksandar Rakovic; correction of first translation and the final English version by an anonymous American of Serbian origin)
References
External links
* {{webarchive , url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://users.net.yu/~arakovic/onamo.mp3 , date=* , title=MP3 of the anthem
The Njegoskij Fund Public Project
(A private family archives-based digital documentary project concerning the history and culture of the Royal Montenegro)
Anthems of Montenegro
Historical national anthems
Serbian patriotic songs
Kingdom of Montenegro
Petrović-Njegoš dynasty