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 through the night
That our flag was still there
Oh, 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 fully glory reflected
Now shines on the stream
‘Tis the star-spangled banner
Oh, long may it wave
O’er the land of the free
And the home of the brave
When our land is illumined
With Liberty’s smile
If a foe from within
Strike a blow at her glory
Down, down with the traitor
That dares to defile
The flag of her stars
And the page of her story
By the millions unchained
Who our birthright have gained
We will keep her bright blazon
Forever unstained
And the star-spangled banner
In triumph shall wave
While the land of the free
Is the home of the brave
Oh, thus be it ever
When freemen shall stand
Between their loved home
And the war’s desolation
Blest with victory and peace
May the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that has 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.