posted July 06, 2019 06:09 PM
O 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 homes 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!
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
more extra-verses I hadn't heard before..
(music) United States of America's National Anthem (extra-lyrics) [5:13] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1wLtAXDgqg
This was one of my favorite renderings of this song. 
(music) Star Swain sings "The National Anthem" live at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 6/16/16 (acapella, spontaneous performance) [3:45] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11O4uZg4-c
other yt notes,
"Star Swain, a 34-year-old assistant principal from Tallahassee, visited the Lincoln Memorial in June, 2016 with friends and relatives who started goading her to sing the national anthem."
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