Posted on 11/28/2019 11:13:52 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
...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 wash’d out their foul footstep’s
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 lov’d 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 preserv’d 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.
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Beautiful.
Written by cousin Francis.
And this stanza is where we got our 'In God We Trust' motto for those who have wondered where it comes from.
We can look forward to Francis Scott Key being expunged from American history since he was an evil slave owner. Someone should notify Nikki Haley that the Star-Spangled Banner needs to go.
I’ve always wondered why the full song is not sung before balls games. now a days with Jumbo-Trons the words with a bouncing ball could help the fans to sing along.
Well done, Condeleezza. It would be fun sometime to see this verse sung at a major event.
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