The Star-Spangled Banner
-Francis Scott Key, 1814
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep, And where is that band who so vauntingly swore O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand I just got off of the phone with a buddy of mine, He can't remember these words. He has always known the words and he told me, "Gary, this is how I know I am getting old" I forgot the words to a song that I have sung every day of my life...
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' 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?
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 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!
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 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.
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r 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!
I don't care about points so please don't POINT IT OUT that this is not Real Estate Related. If you are an American or at least live in this country under the protections that our flag provides, then this is EVERYTHING RELATED.
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