The lyrics for the Anthem of Andalusia were written by Blas Infante. They were adoptend under the Estatuto de Autonomía de Andalucía (Estatuto en wikisource) under the article 6.2.

The music for the anthem of Andalusia was composed by the former director of the municipal band of Sevilla José del Castillo Díaz. The origins of the music are vaguely inspired on the Santo Dios, a religious cantic widely spread through Spain that peasants use to sing while reaping on some regions (Málaga, Sevilla, Huelva...). Looks like Blas Infante informed about this song to José del Castillo. The melody of the anthem is Castillo's original though. After the Spanish Civil War, the original music scores were destroyed, and only a manuscript for piano is conserved. The composer Manuel Castillo improved José del Castillo's version.

Lyrics of the Anthem of Andalusia

La bandera blanca y verde
vuelve, tras siglos de guerra,
a decir paz y esperanza,
bajo el sol de nuestra tierra.

¡Andaluces, levantaos!
¡Pedid tierra y libertad!
¡Sea por Andalucía libre,
España y la Humanidad!

Los andaluces queremos
volver a ser lo que fuimos
hombres de luz, que a los hombres,
alma de hombres les dimos.

¡Andaluces, levantaos!
¡Pedid tierra y libertad!
¡Sea por Andalucía libre,
España y la Humanidad!

External links and references

• Andalusia's government page about the anthem (Contains links to mp3 versions of the anthem)