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El Himno De RiegoEl Himno de Riego is a song dating from the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823 and named in honour of Colonel Rafael del Riego. It was the national anthem of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939). At the Davis Cup tennis finals held in Australia in 2003 El Himno de Riego was played in error instead of Spains's current national anthem, the Marcha Real (or "Royal March"). The mistake provoked a row between Spanish and Australian tennis officials, although this probably had more to do with accusations of incompetence than with genuine republican/royalist differences. One side-effect of the incident was that it brought this rather joyful tune (which had been banned under the Franco rgime) to the attention of at least two generations of Spaniards who had never heard it before. Text Serenos y alegres
valientes y osados
cantemos soldados
el himno a la lid.
De nuestros acentos
el orbe se admire
y en nosotros mire
los hijos del Cid.
Soldados la patria
nos llama a la lid,
juremos por ella
vencer o morir.
El mundo vio nunca
ms noble osadia,
ni vi nunca un da
ms grande el valor,
que aquel que, inflamados,
nos vimos del fuego
excitar a Riego
de Patria el amor.
Soldados la patria
nos llama a la lid,
juremos por ella
vencer o morir.
La trompa guerrera
sus ecos da al viento,
horror al sediento,
ya ruge el caon
a Marte, saudo,
la audacia provoca
y el ingenio invoca
de nuestra nacin.
Soldados la patria
nos llama a la lid,
juremos por ella
vencer o morir.
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