"Onamo, 'namo!" (

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: Онамо, 'намо!; en, There, o'er there!) also known as the ''Serb

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'' (Српска марсељеза / Srpska marseljeza) was a popular

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in the late 19th to early 20th century.

Glas Crnogorca ''Voice of Montenegro'' ( srp, Glas Crnogorca / Глас Црногорца) was a weekly newspaper published in Cetinje between 1873 and 1916. After the Serbian annexation of Montenegro in 1918, the newspaper continued to be published in exile ...

, October 19, 1999: Jovan Markuš
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

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''. The music was composed by

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or Franjo Vimer,Savo Andrić: Ослобођење, независност и уједињење Србије и Црне Горе, Химне Србије и Црне Горе, Belgrade 1999
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/ref> partly drawing upon a song of

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's fighters, ''Si scopron le tombe, Si levano i morti'', with words written by prince

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. Having words that were considered too inflammatory, evoking provocation of the

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, 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

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. There are some who believe that it should become the anthem of Montenegro in the future.

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, August 6, 2004: D. Vraneš
Sramota!
(an interview with the president of Serb People's Party Andrija Mandić) A variation of the song was created by the

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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

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from Ottoman and

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dominance. ''Onamo, 'namo!'' was the anthem of the Montenegrin People's Party.

Lyrics

Footnotes

* * This verse is used as a

refrain A refrain (from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'', "to repeat", and later from Old French ''refraindre'') is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the vi ...

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