NATIONAL ANTHEM THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 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, thro' 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. On the shore dimly seen, thro' the mists of the deep, 'Tis the star-spangled banner; oh, long may it wave Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation; And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave VIII |