Lyrics
Cover of sheet music for "The Star-Spangled Banner", transcribed for piano by Ch. Voss, Philadelphia: G. Andre & Co., 1862O! 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 rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! 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 full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
’Tis the star-spangled banner, O! 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.
O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation.
Blest with vict’ry 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!
I know, it took a year to reach my email. _________________ IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !!!
Big brass balls. I cross over the Francis Scott key bridge and under the Fort McHenry tunnel almost daily.
As a former soldier, I know of this version.... as standing at parade rest while it's being sung isn't very fun... nar nar nar nar
As a matter of fact, I go to the Ft. Howard [VA]. Both Forts victorious in letting us call ourselves Americans.
Both Forts are Amazing, the technology amazing, yet so barbaric. It was amazing to see what these guys had to endure. When I think about all the times as a modern soldier I said, FK THIS. I think how I had modern boots, fatigues, helmets, all made with comfort in mind. Some of these guys marched literal STATES without shoes!!!!!
Do not Forget the State of MD. You have us to thank for calling yourselves Americans :)
So take that YANK talk somewhere else.
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The Battle of Baltimore was a combined sea/land battle fought between British and American forces in the War of 1812. It was one of the turning points of the war as American forces repulsed a sea invasion of the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and on land killed the commander of the invading British army forces and repulsed the land invasion. The British fleet sailed away. The defense of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry in the battle inspired Francis Scott Key to compose the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" which later became the national anthem of the United States of America.
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