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Now might be a good time to Learn the ENTIRE National Anthem
Francis Scott Key | 9/15 | Wil H

Posted on 09/15/2001 3:26:58 PM PDT by Wil H

Many may not know that there are four verses to the Star Spangled Banner. They seem very pertinent at this time:

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 rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thought 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, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on 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 wiped 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.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


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1 posted on 09/15/2001 3:26:58 PM PDT by Wil H
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To: Wil H
Bookmarked, thanks.
2 posted on 09/15/2001 3:38:40 PM PDT by pubmom
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To: Wil H
bttt
3 posted on 09/15/2001 3:44:17 PM PDT by Goldi-Lox
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To: Wil H
Just found this website that has the words to several of our patriotic songs. Patriotic & Inspirational Songs Of America
4 posted on 09/15/2001 3:45:50 PM PDT by Vicki
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To: Wil H
Written by Francis Scott Key - as he was a prisoner aboard a HMS ship. For history purposes.
5 posted on 09/15/2001 3:52:49 PM PDT by Seeking the truth
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To: Wil H
I used to know all of it. It was nice to be reminded, especially the last verse. Great post. Thanks.
6 posted on 09/15/2001 3:54:07 PM PDT by sweetliberty
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To: Seeking the truth
Yes, note the "source", and it was sung to a tune by William Stafford Smith, an Englishman
7 posted on 09/15/2001 11:51:42 PM PDT by Wil H
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To: Wil H
Ooops, missed that.
8 posted on 09/16/2001 2:51:28 AM PDT by Seeking the truth
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