Subject: Lyr Add: STAR SPANGLED BANNER
From:
GUEST
Date: 12 Jun 01 - 09:42 AM
Let's see if this works
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 stripes and bright stars thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming;
And the rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there;
Oh! say, does the star spangled banner still wave,
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
On the shore dimly seen, thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty hosts in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze o'er yon tow'ring 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.
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 home, and the war's desolation,
Blessed with victory and peace, may the Heaven 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.
And now on our soil, when traitors assail,
That glorious flag, by all nations respected,
Defiant we fling its bright folds to the gale,
And swear, from rebellion it shall be protected;
Yes, we swear to defend, to the last bitter end,
The red, white and blue, which in Union still blend,
And the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave,
O'er all the broad land of the free and the brave.
Cassin & Fincher, Publishers, Philadelphia.
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