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