Oh, say! can you see by the
dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at
the twilight's last gleaming;
Whose broad stripes and
bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there:
Oh, say! does that
star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through
the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host
in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the
breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half
conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of
the morning's first beam,
In fully glory reflected now
shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled
banner! Oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who
so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and
the battle's confusion
A home and a country should
leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out
their foul footsteps' pollution!
No refuge could save the
hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or
the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner
in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
Oh, thus be it ever, when
freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and
the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and
peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath
made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when
our cause it is just,
And this be our motto:
"In God is our trust":
And the star-spangled banner
in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
source:
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/
Video with Lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&gl=NG&v=jAYPN-1Yjt0
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