Lyrics

[Verse]
Oh say can you see the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming

[Chorus]
And the rocket's 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

[Verse 2]
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

[Bridge]
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 oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

[Verse 3]
Oh thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved home 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

[Chorus]
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